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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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.
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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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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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A model to explain the challenges of emergency medical technicians' decision making process in emergency situations: a grounded theory. [PDF]
J Inj Violence Res, 2022 BACKGROUND: To manage life-threatening conditions and reduce morbidity and mortality, pre-hospital’s on-scene decision making is an influential factor. Since pre-hospital’s decision making is a challenging process, it is necessary to be identified this ...
Safi-Keykaleh M +3 more
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Factors Predicting Death Depression of Emergency Medical Technicians in Iran [PDF]
The Journal of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, 2021 Background Psychological problems such as death depression can have adverse effects on Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) including reduced quality of medical services, job dissatisfaction, feelings of incompetence, depression, and reduced job values.
Mahya Shafaei +5 more
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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 +4 more
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Emergency medical technicians' experience of managing patients' pain during hospital transport: A qualitative study [PDF]
Journal of Nursing Reports in Clinical PracticeThis study aimed to explore and elucidate the experiences of emergency medical technicians concerning the pain management of patients during hospital transfers. By delving into their feelings, thoughts, and attitudes, the study sought to provide valuable
Seyed Mostafa Mohsenizadeh +2 more
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طب کار, 2023 Introduction: Shift work is one of the factors affecting the performance of employees in the field of health care, which can have important effects on their health.
hussain mesri +2 more
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