The aim of the SMS4EMS project was to enhance safety, hazard and risk management to improve safety performance for EMS professionals, patients, and the public. The project engaged with project partners and associate partners from the EMS sector, academia, education, training and research. Collectively, the cooperation partnership and associate partners co-designed and co-created a Safety Management System that can lead to improvements to safety performance.
The Safety Management Systems training for Emergency Medical Services (SMS4EMS) project will design, develop and deliver a SMS training solution to the EMS sector. The need for the SMS4EMS project has been identified by EMS organisations who recognise the need for safety, hazard and risk management for their personnel, the patients they serve, and as part of civil protection for the public and wider society. In addition, the need for the SMS4EMS project is driven by the recent Health Organisation (WHO) Global Patient Safety Action Plan (GPSAP) 2021-2030 that calls for improvements to safety in health services and posits a system wide approach to manage safety.