Recovery and well-being among Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) pilots

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 986-993

  Radstaak, Mirjam ^a   Geurts, Sabine A E ^a   Beckers, Debby G J ^a   Brosschot, Jos F ^b   Kompier, Michiel A J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Distress; Shift work

Indexed keywords

HELICOPTERS;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS; COMPRESSED WORKING WEEK; DISTRESS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; SHIFT WORK; WORK DEMANDS;

EMERGENCY SERVICES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HELICOPTER PILOT; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHIFT WORKER; WELLBEING; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; MANPOWER; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AIR AMBULANCES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84899066171     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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