Intimate Partner Violence and Paramedicine: An Updated Scoping Review of Perspectives and Practices

OBJECTIVES Intimate partner violence (IPV) is increasingly being recognized as a clinical circumstance to which emergency medical services (EMS) clinicians attend; it refers to the use of physical, sexual, psychological, and coercive violence by a current or former intimate partner to exert power and control. The intersection of paramedicine and IPV remains largely unclear. Our objective is to provide a comprehensive synthesis of the available evidence at the intersection of paramedicine and IPV.