Current state of knowledge of post-traumatic stress, sleeping problems, obesity and cardiovascular disease in paramedics

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 242-247

  Hegg Deloye, Sandrine ^a,b   Brassard, Patrice ^a   Jauvin, Nathalie ^b   Prairie, Jérôme ^a,c   Larouche, Dominique ^a,c   Poirier, Paul ^d   Tremblay, Angelo ^a   Corbeil, Philippe ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Centre de Santé et de Service Sociaux de la Vieille Capitale CAU   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SYSTEMS; PARAMEDICS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SLEEP DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84894343407     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2012-201672     Document Type: Review

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