Theme	Statement
Data registration and data sharing	All prehospital collected patient data should be stored in a central database
	Thorough quality control at a national level is impossible without uniform data collection and storage
	The Dutch/European legislation and regulations with regard to the storage of patient data is a major obstacle in organizing a national data strategy
	Due to the unreliability of the entered data, all initiatives to store and make prehospital patient data available on a large scale are pointless in advance
	Research in prehospital emergency care in the Netherlands would benefit from more collaboration
Laws and regulations	The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and its variable interpretation are a major obstacle to conducting research in prehospital emergency care
	Separate legislation and regulations must be drawn up for medical scientific research outside the hospital
	A designated Medical Ethics Review Committee (MREC) with knowledge about the assessment of prehospital medical scientific research should be installed
Financial aspects	There are currently insufficient funding options for conducting research in prehospital emergency care in the Netherlands
	There should be a national funding program for scientific research in prehospital emergency care in the Netherlands
	Regional ambulance care providers should be obliged to invest part of their turnover in scientific research
	The Dutch National Sector Organization for Ambulance Care should have a facilitating role in financing research projects in prehospital emergency care
Organization and culture	The Dutch prehospital emergency care has a long and thorough research history
	Quality control and innovation through scientific research should be among the core tasks of every ambulance care provider
	Every ambulance worker in the Netherlands should be trained in academic skills
Incentive for performing research	The Dutch prehospital emergency care is in need of a professor of prehospital emergency care
	There should be a financial incentive for conducting research in ambulance care
	There should be a mandatory quality control for ambulance care