What paramedics think about when they think about fatigue: Contributing factors

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 139-144

  Paterson, Jessica L ^a   Sofianopoulos, Sarah ^b   Williams, Brett ^c  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Blackburn North   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Shift work; Sleep; Work hour; Workload

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODING; DATA ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMERSION; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP; TASK PERFORMANCE; WELLBEING; WORK DISABILITY; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; LIFESTYLE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESCUE PERSONNEL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84897948657     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12216     Document Type: Article

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