Patient care and daily stress among emergency medical technicians

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 188-193

  Boudreaux, Edwin ^a   Jones, Glenn N ^b   Mandry, Cris ^b   Brantley, Phillip J ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

burnout; daily stress; emergency medical technicians; patient care; stress levels; stress management; stress reactions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BURNOUT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030184539     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X0004293X     Document Type: Article

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