Trends in demographic and employment characteristics of US emergency medical technicians and paramedics, 2011–2019 [PDF]
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2022 Background Describing the US emergency medical services workforce is important to understand gaps in recruitment and retention and inform efforts to improve diversity.
Rebecca E. Cash +5 more
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Influence of work and family environment on burnout among emergency medical technicians [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2023 Objective Burnout among emergency medical technicians is a serious problem affecting delivery of quality emergency medical services. Although the repetitive nature of the job and lower education level requirements for technicians have been reported as ...
Junpei Haruna +8 more
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Determinants of Stress, Depression, Quality of Life, and Intent to Leave in Washington State Emergency Medical Technicians During COVID-19 [PDF]
J Occup Environ Med, 2022 Through a survey of emergency medical technicians in the Puget Sound region of Washington, we found that 67.5% of respondents reported high stress, and 35.0% had scores indicating that major depressive disorder was likely.
Pranav Srikanth +3 more
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Psychological Effects of COVID-19 Patient Management Experience among Paramedics and Emergency Medical Technicians: A Nationwide Survey in Korea [PDF]
Infect Chemother, 2022 Background Throughout the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, not only medical personnel but also paramedics or emergency medical technicians (EMT) have faced multiple physical and psychological challenges while performing their duties.
Bongyoung Kim +9 more
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Quality of focused thoracic ultrasound performed by emergency medical technicians and paramedics in a prehospital setting: a feasibility study [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021 Background In a prehospital setting, the severity of respiratory symptoms in patients calling for an ambulance differ. The initial evaluation, diagnosing, and thereby management can be challenging because respiratory symptoms can be caused by disease in ...
Pia Iben Pietersen +8 more
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Patients’ perspectives on point-of-care diagnostics and treatment by emergency medical technicians in acute COPD exacerbations: A qualitative study [PDF]
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med, 2020 Background In Denmark emergency medical technicians transport patients with acute COPD exacerbations to the nearest emergency department. From a clinical and economic perspective, this transport and assessment at the hospital may be inconvenient if the ...
H. Christensen +10 more
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Cerebral oxygenation monitoring during resuscitation by emergency medical technicians: a prospective multicenter observational study [PDF]
Acute Med Surg, 2020 To assess the feasibility and predictive ability of regional cerebral oxygen saturation monitoring during cardiopulmonary resuscitation by emergency medical technicians.
Kunio Hamanaka +6 more
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Factors Affecting the Disaster Response Competency of Emergency Medical Technicians in South Korea [PDF]
Asian Nursing Research, 2019 Purpose: This study explored the factors influencing disaster response competency, that is, demographic and disaster-related characteristics, personal disaster (household and workplace) preparedness, disaster risk perception, and self-efficacy in ...
Dongchoon Uhm +4 more
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Prevalence and determinants of occupational injuries among emergency medical technicians in Northern Ghana [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 Background Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) are the primary providers of prehospital emergency medical services. The operations of EMTs increase their risks of being exposed to occupational injuries.
Ali Baba Awini +8 more
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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Stress and Burnout Levels amongst Emergency Medical Technicians: A Cross-Sectional Study in Spain [PDF]
Ann Med, 2022 Background Emergency medical technicians (EMTs) are essential health care workers (HCWs). Although they play an extraordinary role during the COVID-19 pandemic, they are mostly exposed to various occupational health and safety risks that have ...
Tahreer Mahmoud Amro +3 more
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