Association between poor sleep, fatigue, and safety outcomes in emergency medical services providers

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-97

  Patterson, P Daniel ^a   Weaver, Matthew D ^a   Frank, Rachel C ^a   Warner, Charles W ^a   Martin Gill, Christian ^a   Guyette, Francis X ^a   Fairbanks, Rollin J ^c   Hubble, Michael W ^d   Songer, Thomas J ^b   Callaway, Clifton W ^a   Kelsey, Sheryl F ^b   Hostler, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c National Center for Human Factors Engineering in Healthcare   (United States)

^d WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

errors; fatigue; injury; occupational accidents; safety; sleep

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSTHYMIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MENTAL FATIGUE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82555172981     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2011.616261     Document Type: Article

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