About
Paramedic with a background in ambulance services, education, and international humanitarian response. Areas of expertise include prehospital emergency care, disaster medicine, health emergency preparedness, and emergency medical team development. Lecturer, simulation facilitator, and course coordinator in the Bachelor's Programme in Prehospital Care, in addition to contributing to research, education, and international capacity-building initiatives.
Field of study
Patient safety Ambulance services
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Williams, Brett; King, Christine; Armour, Richard; Alobaid, Abdullah; Alqahtani, Saeed; AlShammari, Talal; Batt, Alan; Chang, Yu-Tung; Cummins, Niamh; Dippenaar, Enrico; Eaton, Georgette;
Grusd, Eystein
; Hofmann, Thomas; Hunter, Justin; Karim, Sarah; Khasawneh, Eihab; Leggio, William; Masterson, Siobhan; Mobrad, Abdulmajeed; Ong, Marcus; Oteir, Alaa; Stoy, Walt; Tanaka, Hidetana; Tavares, Walter; Williams, Julia; Olaussen, Alex
(2026).
Internationally Informed Consensus on Research Priorities in Paramedicine and Emergency Medical Services (EMS).
Prehospital Emergency Care.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10903127.2026.2687828
Casey, Sean T; Cosico, Roy; Salamanca, Jorge; Lajolo, Camila; Noste, Erin; Warren, Kathleen; Gilmore, Chandra;
Grusd, Eystein
; Larsen, Jan-Erik; Beauchemin, Pierre-Yves; Salio, Flavio
(2025).
Emergency medical team reclassification in WHO’s Western Pacific Region: continuous learning and improvement of health emergency response capacities
| Western Pacific Surveillance and Response.
Western Pacific surveillance and response journal (WPSAR).
Vol. 16.
https://doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2025.16.3.1263
Aase, Karina;
Grusd, Eystein
; Odberg, Kristian Ringsby; Vifladt, Anne
(2025).
The work system of prehospital medication administration: a qualitative mixed methods study with ambulance professionals | BMC Emergency Medicine | Springer Nature Link.
BMC Emergency Medicine.
Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-025-01213-z
Odberg, Kristian Ringsby; Aase, Karina;
Grusd, Eystein
; Vifladt, Anne
(2025).
The work system of prehospital medication administration: a qualitative mixed methods study with ambulance professionals.
BMC Emergency Medicine.
Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-025-01213-z
Howard, Jack;
Grusd, Eystein
; Rice, Don; Nudell, Nikiah G.; Lipscombe, Carlos; Shepherd, Matthew; Olaussen, Alexander
(2023).
Development of an international prehospital CPR-induced consciousness guideline: A Delphi study.
Paramedicine.
https://doi.org/10.1177/27536386231215608
Vifladt, Anne; Ballangrud, Randi; Myhr, Kjetil;
Grusd, Eystein
; Porthun, Jan; Mæhlum, Pål Anders; Aase, Karina; Sollid, Stephen J. M.; Odberg, Kristian Ringsby
(2023).
Team training program’s impact on medication administration, teamwork and patient safety culture in an ambulance service (TEAM-AMB): a longitudinal multimethod study protocol.
BMJ Open.
Vol. 13:e067006.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067006
Howard, Jack; Lipscombe, Carlos; Beovich, Bronwyn; Shepherd, Matthew;
Grusd, Eystein
; Nudell, Nikiah G.; Rice, Don; Olaussen, Alexander
(2022).
Pre-hospital guidelines for CPR-Induced Consciousness (CPRIC): A scoping review.
Resuscitation Plus.
Vol. 12.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resplu.2022.100335
Grusd, Eystein
; Kramer-Johansen, Jo
(2016).
Does the Norwegian emergency medical dispatch classification as non-urgent predict no need for pre-hospital medical treatment? An observational study.
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine.
Vol. 24.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-016-0258-8
