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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"ambulance personnel"”.
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Predictors of post-traumatic stress disorder among ambulance personnel in the western cape province
… associated with an increased risk for PTSD in ambulance personnel and the barriers faced in accessing support for work related stress (WRS). Methods: A cross-sectional study of voluntary participants comprising 388 ambulance personnel was conducted. Participants completed self-administered …
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Sociodemographic and work-related factors associated with psychological resilience in South African healthcare workers
… in a group of South African medical doctors and ambulance personnel. Materials and Methods: This analytical cross-sectional study used secondary data obtained from two cross-sectional studies conducted in healthcare workers. This study investigated the factors associated with resilience as …
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among Icelandic emergency responders
… included 234 police officers, 168 firefighters/ ambulance personnel and 133 core volunteers. The main findings were that 40% of emergency responders had experienced work-related traumatic events in the past year. Of the police officers, 17.3% met the cut-off point criteria for probable PTSD …
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Danger Lies Everywhere and Waits for Us.” Cape Town Metro EMS Ambulance Personnel's Experiences of Risk, Danger and Fear
Introduction: Emergency medical services (EMS) ambulance personnel have increasingly become victims of violence while providing lifesaving medical services. This is not only a problem experienced globally, but in South Africa as well – particularly by the Metro (public) EMS ambulance personnel in …
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So others may live : the perceptions, thoughts and fears of emergency first responders in crisis situations
… Section at the Armed Forces of Malta, and 4 ambulance personnel from the Accident and Emergency Department at Mater Dei hospital. The findings suggested that the physical health, and emotional well-being of emergency responders, appear to be compromised by accident and emergency work and …
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The Impacts of Health Care Reconfiguration on Patient Access to Services: A Case Study of Nenagh General Hospital
… fully supported by either the public or medical personnel in Nenagh and Limerick and that the Health Service Executive reneged on their promise to work with the public and the health care providers to develop this new service and put support services in place at a local level. This has left the …
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A Study on Job Stress and Musculoskeletal Symptoms of 119 Rescuers
… were years of employment, number of ambulance personnel on board, number of night emergency cases, hours of sleep, satisfaction, fatigue, and health status. For the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms for 8 sub-levels of job stress, there were significant differences in physical …
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Identifying Contributors to Acute Stroke Transfer Delays from Lower to Higher Level Stroke Centers
… neurologists or dedicated stroke units, training ambulance personnel in the early identification of stroke symptoms and stroke management, and focusing on internal performance efficiencies in the emergency department to administer clot busing medication for the treatment of ischemic stroke have …