“…On the other hand, European countries such as Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands and Belgium advocate the university‐trained RN for staffing ambulances (Wihlborg, 2018). However, there are also trends towards staffing ambulances with RNs in countries with paramedic systems, for example, in Australia and the UK, (Plummer, 2017; Williams, 2012) and there are ongoing discussions about the length and content of the educational programmes for AS clinicians in the United States (Jensen, 2020). These trends are linked to reports of an expanding and changing scope of practice, roles and responsibilities (Jensen, 2020; Plummer, 2017; Rosén et al, 2017), related to new societal demands and increasing utilization of ALS ambulances and of emergency department attendances during the last decades.…”