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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, Gyehyun Jung, Yujin Yun, Yongjae Lee, Changuk Lim   +4 more
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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, Jonathan R. Powell, Gregory A. Peters, Scott A. Goldberg, Ashish R. Panchal, Carlos A. Camargo Jr.   +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, Shuji Uemura, Yukiko Taguchi, Saori Muranaka, Sachi Niiyama, Hirotoshi Inamura, Keigo Sawamoto, Hirotoshi Mizuno, Eichi Narimatsu   +8 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, Søren Mikkelsen, Annmarie T. Lassen, Simon Helmerik, Gitte Jørgensen, Giti Nadim, Helle Marie Christensen, Daniel Wittrock, Christian B. Laursen   +8 more
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Emergency medical technicians' experiences with unplanned births outside institutions: A qualitative interview study

Nursing Open, 2019
Aim To explore emergency medical technicians' experiences with unplanned births outside institutions. Design A qualitative interview study. Methods Individual semi‐structured interviews with 12 emergency medical technicians in Norway.
Hanne Vagle, Gunn Terese Haukeland, Bente Dahl, Vigdis Aasheim, Eline Skirnisdottir Vik   +4 more
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Fitness Characteristics of Jordanian Emergency Medical Technicians. [PDF]

Adv J Emerg Med, 2019
Emergency medical technicians (EMTs) should be always prepared to deal with the stressful condition of treating patients with serious physical and emotional injuries. Given that EMTs consider safety the first priority, they must pay adequate attention to their own physical well-being and fitness to practice.The present study was conducted to analyze ...
Al-Yousef HNM, Awada W, Michailidou E.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Impact of COVID‐19 on initial emergency medical services certification in the United States

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2022
Objective As the COVID‐19 pandemic began, there were significant concerns for the strength and stability of the emergency medical services (EMS) workforce.
Jonathan R. Powell, Jennifer Cotto, Jordan D. Kurth, Rebecca E. Cash, Mihaiela R. Gugiu, Ashish R. Panchal   +5 more
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Paramedic educational program attrition accounts for significant loss of potential EMS workforce

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2023
Objective Recent concerns for the strength and stability of the emergency medical services (EMS) workforce have fueled interest in enhancing the entry of EMS clinicians into the workforce.
Matthew Ball, Jonathan R. Powell, Christopher B. Gage, Katelynn A. Kapalo, Jordan D. Kurth, Lisa Collard, Michael G. Miller, Ashish R. Panchal   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating changes in the emergency medical services workforce: A preliminary multistate study

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2023
Objective There is growing concern with the strength and stability of the emergency medical services (EMS) workforce with reports of workforce challenges in many communities in the United States. Our objective was to estimate changes in the EMS workforce
Jordan D. Kurth, Jonathan R. Powell, Christopher B. Gage, Alix Delamare Fauvel, Remle P. Crowe, Rebecca E. Cash, Ashish R. Panchal   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of Triage Training on Concordance of Triage Level between Triage Nurses and Emergency Medical Technicians [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Introduction: The transfer of care occurs frequently between emergency medical technicians and emergency ward nurses during which emergency medical technicians transfer the patients from the society to the hospital. This transfer of care often occurs
Nezar Ghanbarzehi, Abbas Balouchi, Sakineh Sabzevari, Fatemeh Darban, Nastaran Haydari Khayat   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source