The Effects of Stressors on Emergency Medical Technicians (Part II): A Critical Review of the Literature, and a Call for Further Research

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 302-308

  Boudreaux, Edwin ^a   Mandry, Cris ^b  

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

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical technician; Occupational stress; Paramedic; Reactions; Review; Stress

Indexed keywords

BURNOUT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESCUE PERSONNEL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WORK;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030256651     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X0004317X     Document Type: Review

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