Mats Holmberg

Adjunct teacher

Department of Health and Caring Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

mats.holmberg@lnu.se

I am an Associate Professor in Caring Science and specialist educated ambulance nurse with over 20 years of clinical experience from Emergency Medical Services (EMS). In 2015 I defended my PhD-thesis Being secure in insecurity – aspects of caring in the ambulance service at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm.

Teaching

I am involved in the specialist nurse education in prehospital and acute care, mainly supervising master thesis.

Research

Being in need of ambulance care is to be vulnerable and exposed in a dramatic life-event, and to be in an existential suffering. My area of expertise is the acute care within the EMS, especially focusing on the relationships between patients, significant others and ambulance clinicians and the competence this demands.

My research focuses on the acute care in different contexts and especially in the EMS. I am used to both qualitative and quantitative research methods as well as theory and concept development. In addition I supervise four doctoral students in caring science.

Commissions

R&D Director
I hold a position as research- and development director at the Ambulance Service in the Region of Sörmland together with my position at Linnaeus University. This encompasses to be responsible for developing projects and to increase the level of evidence by initiating and directing different research-projects.

Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (FORTE)
Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (FORTE) is a government agency under the Swedish Ministry of Health and Social Affairs. I am a full member of FORTE's review panel for Care and Health Care Organisation, which allocates research funds in the regular call for proposals.

Nordic College of Caring Science (NCCS)
Charmain for the Nordic College of Caring Science, 2022-ongoing.

Contact details at Region of Sörmland
E-mail: mats.holmberg@regionsormland.se
Phone: +46 (0)720 85 60 28
Address: Ambulanssjukvården, Mälarsjukhuset, 631 88 Eskilstuna, Sweden

My ongoing research projects

Publications

Article in journal (Refereed)

Bennesved, A., Bremer, A., Svensson, A., Rantala, A., Holmberg, M. (2024). Ambulance clinicians’ understanding of older patients’ self-determination : A vignette study. Nursing Ethics. 31 (2-3). 342-354.
Status: Published
Hammarbäck, S., Wiklund Gustin, L., Bremer, A., Holmberg, M. (2024). Navigating oneself through the eyes of the other : meanings of encountering ambulance clinicians while being in a suicidal process. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. 19 (1). 1-13.
Status: Published
Björklund, S., Lilja Hagell, P., Hagell, P., Persson, M., Holmberg, M. (2024). Ambulance staff’s ways of understanding health care encounters in stigmatized neighborhoods : A phenomenographic study. International Emergency Nursing. 74.
Status: Published
Hjalmarsson, A., Östlund, G., Asp, M., Kerstis, B., Holmberg, M. (2024). Entrusting life to professionals : A phenomenological hermeneutical study of older persons' participation in prehospital emergency care involving municipal home care and ambulance services.. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 38 (2). 273-283.
Status: Published
Hedqvist, A., Holmberg, M., Bjurling‐sjöberg, P., Ekstedt, M. (2024). Bracing for the next wave : A critical incident study of frontline decision‐making, adaptation and learning in ambulance care during COVID‐19. Journal of Advanced Nursing.
Status: Epub ahead of print
Fager, C., Rantala, A., Svensson, A., Holmberg, M., Bremer, A. (2024). Nurses' use of an advisory decision support system in ambulance services : A qualitative study. Journal of Advanced Nursing.
Status: Epub ahead of print
Hammarbäck, S., Holmberg, M., Wiklund Gustin, L., Bremer, A. (2023). Ambulance clinicians’ conceptions of responsibility when encountering patients in a suicidal process. Nursing Ethics. 30 (6). 857-870.
Status: Published
Hjalmarsson, A., Östlund, G., Asp, M., Kerstis, B., Holmberg, M. (2023). Balancing power : Ambulance personnel's lived experience of older persons' participation in care in the presence of municipal care personnel. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 37 (3). 766-776.
Status: Published
Svensson, A., Bremer, A., Rantala, A., Andersson, H., Devenish, S., et al. (2022). Ambulance clinicians' attitudes to older patients' self-determination when the patient has impaired decision-making ability : a Delphi study. International Journal of Older People Nursing. 17 (2).
Status: Published
Bratt, A.S., Johansson, M., Holmberg, M., Fagerström, C., Elmqvist, C., et al. (2022). An internet-based compassion course for healthcare professionals : Rationale and protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Internet Interventions. 28.
Status: Published
Frank, C., Holmberg, M., Ekestubbe Jernby, E., Sevandersson Hansen, A., Bremer, A. (2022). Older patients’ autonomy when cared for at emergency departments. Nursing Ethics. 29 (5). 1266-1279.
Status: Published
Grimell, J., Holmberg, M. (2022). Identifying and mapping professional identities among Swedish ambulance nurses : A multiple qualitative case study. Theory & psychology. 32 (5). 714-732.
Status: Published
Hjalmarsson, A., Östlund, G., Asp, M., Kerstis, B., Holmberg, M. (2022). A matter of participation? : A critical incident study of municipal care personnel in situations involving care-dependent older persons and emergency medical services. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. 17 (1).
Status: Published
Kayambankadzanja, R.K., Schell, C.O., Gerdin Wärnberg, M., Tamras, T., Mollazadegan, H., et al. (2022). Towards definitions of critical illness and critical care using concept analysis. BMJ Open. 12 (9).
Status: Published
Zetterberg, J., Visti, E., Holmberg, M., Andersson, H., Aléx, J. (2022). Nurses’ experiences of encountering patients with mental illness in prehospital emergency care – a qualitative interview study. BMC Nursing. 21 (1).
Status: Published
Wallin, K., Holmberg, M., Andersson, H., Kronkvist, O., Svensson, A. (2022). The Emergency Care Competence Needed for Police Patrol Officers According to the Experts : a National Swedish Delphi Study. Nordic Journal of Studies in Policing. 9 (1). 1-15.
Status: Published
Carnesten, H., Asp, M., Holmberg, M. (2021). Caring approach for patients with chest pain : Swedish registered nurses’ lived experiences in Emergency Medical Services. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. 16 (1).
Status: Published
Holmberg, M. (2021). The EXPAND-Model : A Hermeneutical Application of a Lifeworld-Led Prehospital Emergency Nursing Care. Nursing Science Quarterly. 34 (3). 287-293.
Status: Published
Bjurling‐sjöberg, P., Göras, C., Lohela-Karlsson, M., Nordgren, L., Källberg, A., et al. (2021). Resilient performance in healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic (ResCOV) : study protocol for a multilevel grounded theory study on adaptations, working conditions, ethics and patient safety. BMJ Open. 11 (12).
Status: Published
Andersson, H., Carlsson, J., Karlsson, L., Holmberg, M. (2020). Competency requirements for the assessment of patients with mental illness in somatic emergency care : A modified Delphi study from the nurses’ perspective. Nordic journal of nursing research. 40 (3). 162-170.
Status: Published
Hjalmarsson, A., Holmberg, M., Asp, M., Östlund, G., Nilsson, K.W., et al. (2020). Characteristic patterns of emergency ambulance assignments for older adults compared with adults requiring emergency care at home in Sweden : a total population study. BMC Emergency Medicine. 20. 1-12.
Status: Published
Bremer, A., Holmberg, M. (2020). Ethical conflicts in patient relationships : experiences of ambulance nursing students. Nursing Ethics. 27 (4). 946-959.
Status: Published
Holmberg, M., Nørgaard, J., Eriksson, M., Svensson, A. (2020). Dyadic teams and nursing care : a critical incident study of nurses in the emergency medical service. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 29 (19-20). 3743-3753.
Status: Published
Holmberg, M., Hammarbäck, S., Andersson, H. (2020). Registered nurses’ experiences of assessing patients with mental illness in emergency care : A qualitative descriptive study. Nordic journal of nursing research. 40 (3). 151-161.
Status: Published
Svensson, C., Bremer, A., Holmberg, M. (2019). Ambulance nurses’ experiences of patient relationships in urgent and emergency situations : a qualitative exploration. Clinical Ethics. 14 (2). 70-79.
Status: Published
Holmberg, M., Andersson, H., Winge, K., Lundberg, C., Karlsson, T., et al. (2018). Association between the reported intensity of an acute symptom at first prehospital assessment and the subsequent outcome : a study on patients with acute chest pain and presumed acute coronary syndrome. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 18. 1-10.
Status: Published
Barrientos, C., Holmberg, M. (2018). The care of patients assessed as not in need of emergency ambulance care : registered nurses' lived experiences. International Emergency Nursing. 38. 10-14.
Status: Published
Holmberg, M., Fagerberg, I., Wahlberg, A.C. (2017). The knowledge desired by emergency medical service managers of their ambulance clinicians - A modified Delphi study. International Emergency Nursing. 34. 23-28.
Status: Published
Andersson, H., Ullgren, A., Holmberg, M., Karlsson, T., Herlitz, J., et al. (2017). Acute coronary syndrome in relation to the occurrence of associated symptoms : A quantitative study in prehospital emergency care.. International Emergency Nursing. 33. 43-47.
Status: Published
Holmberg, M., Forslund, K., Wahlberg, A.C., Fagerberg, I. (2016). The relationship with the ambulance clinicians as experienced by significant others. Nursing in Critical Care. 21 (4). e1-e8.
Status: Published
Holmberg, M., Wahlberg, A.C., Fagerberg, I., Forslund, K. (2016). Ambulance clinicians' experiences of relationships with patients and significant others. Nursing in Critical Care. 21 (4). e16-e23.
Status: Published
Wireklint-Sundström, B., Holmberg, M., Herlitz, J., Karlsson, T., Andersson, H. (2016). Possible effects of a course in cardiovascular nursing on prehospital care of patients experiencing suspected acute coronary syndrome : a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMC Nursing. 15 (1).
Status: Published
Holmberg, M., Forslund, K., Wahlberg, A.C., Fagerberg, I. (2014). To surrender in dependence of another : The relationship with the ambulance clinicians as experienced by patients.. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 28 (3). 544-551.
Status: Published
Holmberg, M., Fagerberg, I. (2010). The encounter with the unknown : nurses lived experiences of their responsibility for the care of the patient in the Swedish ambulance service. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. 5 (2). 1-9.
Status: Published

Conference paper (Refereed)

Hammarbäck, S., Wiklund Gustin, L., Bremer, A., Holmberg, M. (2024). Navigating oneself through the eyes of the other : Meanings of encountering ambulance clinicians whilst being in a suicidal process. The 5th International NCCS & EACS Conference, University of Stavanger, Norway, Caring science – the heart of multi-professional care : Program and Book of Abstracts, April 24th-25th 2024. 12-12.
Holmberg, M., Presta, D., Bremer, A., Devenish, S., Svensson, A. (2023). U.S. Paramedics’ attitudes towards elderly patients’ self-determination in emergency assignments : A Delphi study. Presented at the 4th Global Conference on Emergency Nursing & Trauma Care, Gothenburg, Sweden, November 9-11, 2023, 2023.
Hammarbäck, S., Holmberg, M., Wiklund Gustin, L., Bremer, A. (2023). The encounter between ambulance clinicians and patients in a suicidal process. Presented at the 4th Global Conference on Emergency Nursing & Trauma Care, Gothenburg, Sweden, November 9-11, 2023, 2023.
Hammarbäck, S., Holmberg, M., Wiklund Gustin, L., Bremer, A. (2023). The meaning of the encounter with ambulance clinicians whilst being in a suicidal process. International Association for Suicide Prevention : Abstract Book, 19th-22nd September 2023. 229-230.
Hammarbäck, S., Holmberg, M., Wiklund Gustin, L., Bremer, A. (2022). Ambulance clinicians’ conceptions of responsibility when encountering patients in a suicidal process. Presented at the 4th International Nordic College of Caring Science & the European Academy of Caring Science Conference: "Caring in a changing world", Eskilstuna, Sweden, April 27-28, 2022.
Holmberg, M. (2019). The EXPAND-model : a hermeneutical application of a lifeworld-led prehospital emergency care. Presented at the 3rd NCCS/EACS Conference: "Sustainable Caring for Health and Wellbeing", Vaasa, Finland, October 1-3, 2019.
Holmberg, M., Wallinvirta, E., Rantala, A., Bremer, A. (2019). Suffering and Togetherness On-scene in Prehospital emergency care (STOP) : a middle range theory. Presented at the 3rd NCCS/EACS Conference: "Sustainable Caring for Health and Wellbeing", Vaasa, Finland, October 1-3, 2019.
Barrientos, C., Holmberg, M. (2019). The care of patients assessed as not in need of emergency ambulance care : the perspective of registered nurses. .
Bremer, A., Holmberg, M. (2019). Ambulance nurse students’ experiences of ethical problems in patient-relationships. Presented at the 3rd NCCS/EACS Conference: "Sustainable Caring for Health and Wellbeing", Vaasa, Finland, October 1-3, 2019.
Holmberg, M., Bremer, A. (2019). Ambulance nurse students’ experiences of handling ethical problems in patient-relationship. Presented at the 120th International Council of Nurses (ICN) congress, Singapore, June 27-July 1, 2019.
Holmberg, M., Fagerberg, I., Wahlberg, A.C. (2018). Knowledge desired by EMS-managers of their ambulance clinicians. 2nd European Emergency Medical Services (EMS2018), Copenhagen, Denmark.
Holmberg, M., Rantala, A., Bremer, A. (2016). Patient participation : A challenge within contemporary ambulance care?. PreHospen Conference 2016 : Where all care begins : 7th PreHospen Conference in Prehospital Emergency Care 10-11 March 2016. 82-82.
Holmberg, M., Melby, V., Mcconnel, D. (2013). Personcenteredness in prehospital emergency care : A challenge to be mastered!. .
Holmberg, M., Fagerberg, I. (2011). The encounter with the unknown; Nurses lived experiences of their responsibility for the care of the patient in the Swedish Ambulance Service. .

Article, review/survey (Refereed)

Andersson, H., Svensson, A., Frank, C., Rantala, A., Holmberg, M., et al. (2022). Ethics education to support ethical competence learning in healthcare : an integrative systematic review. BMC Medical Ethics. BioMed Central. 23.
Status: Published

Article in journal (Other academic)

Holmberg, M., Hoeck, B., Bremer, A., Kaldestad, K., Koskinen, M. (2023). The Nordic College of Caring Science develops, supports and disseminates caring science. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 37 (2). 313-315.
Status: Published

Conference paper (Other academic)

Wallin, K., Kronkvist, O., Holmberg, M., Svensson, A., Andersson, H. (2021). Necessary medical competence for police officers – a Delphi study. Presented at the 8th Nordic Police Research Conference, Police University College, Tampere, Finland, June 14-16, 2021.
Holmberg, M. (2019). Patientens perspektiv på ambulanssjukvård - vad behöver vi veta?. Presented at Ambulans2019PreHospen: Ambulanssjukvårdens roll i morgondagens akutsjukvård, Stockholm, Sweden, April 2-3, 2019.
Holmberg, M., Rantala, A., Bremer, A. (2016). Patient participation : a challenge within contemporary ambulance care?. Presented at the 7th PreHospen Conference in Prehospital Emergency Care, Borås, Sweden, March 10-11, 2016. 82-82.

Chapter in book (Other academic)

Holmberg, M., Svensson, A. (2023). Delfimetoden. Vetenskaplig teori och metod : från idé till examination inom vård- och hälsovetenskap. Lund, Studentlitteratur AB. 407-422.
Ohlson, A., Holmberg, M. (2022). Överlämning till nästa vårdenhet. Prehospital akutsjukvård. Liber. 126-134.
Holmberg, M., Ohlson, A. (2022). Det prehospitala patientmötet från ett vårdvetenskapligt perspektiv. Prehospital akutsjukvård. Stockholm, Liber. 44-53.
Holmberg, M. (2016). Överlämnande till nästa vårdenhet. Prehospital akutsjukvård. Stockholm, Liber. 172-175.
Berglund, A., Svensson, L., Lundberg, L., Holmberg, M. (2016). Stroke. Prehospital akutsjukvård. Stockholm, Liber. 373-379.

Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)

Holmberg, M. (2015). Being secure in insecurity : Aspects of caring in the ambulance service. Doctoral Thesis. Stockholm, Karolinska Institutet. 56.

Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))

Jacobsson, A., Bremer, A., Svensson, A., Rantala, A., Strömsöe, A., et al. (2021). ”Ambulanssjukvården behöver genomgripande förändringar”. Dagens Medicin. (2021-06-23).
Status: Published
Holmberg, M. (2018). Hur vårdar man en trasig själ?. Samverkan 112. (5-6). 8-8.
Status: Published
Holmberg, M. (2009). Möt din medmänniska. Omvårdnadsmagasinet. (5). 39-39.
Status: Published