Stress, job satisfaction, coping, and psychological distress among emergency medical technicians

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 9-16

  Boudreaux, Edwin ^a,d   Mandry, Cris ^b   Brantley, Phillip J ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

burnout; coping; distress; emergency medical technician; EMT; job satisfaction; paramedic; stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904311426     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00037742     Document Type: Article

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