Sources of stress among emergency medical technicians (part i): What does the research say?

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 296-301

  Boudreaux, Edwin ^a   Mandry, Cris ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Critical incidents; Emergency medical technicians; Occupational stress; Stressors

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BURNOUT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030254127     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00043168     Document Type: Review

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