Threats and violence against Swedish ambulance staff on the rise

Over the past five years, the Work Environment Authority has received an increasing number of reports of threats and violence on the job from ambulance staff.

Last year, there were more than three times as many such reports, compared to five years ago. This includes staff being threated with a gun, receiving death threats, or being hit or kicked, or physically stop from leaving an incident.

Ambulance nurse Fredrik Segerblad says that, over the years, he has had to develop ways to deal with some of these situations.