Recovery between Work Shifts among Emergency Medical Services Clinicians

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 365-375

  Patterson, P Daniel ^a   Buysse, Daniel J ^b   Weaver, Matthew D ^b   Callaway, Clifton W ^b   Yealy, Donald M ^b  

^a LEVINE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

EMS; Fatigue; Recovery; Shift work; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; REST; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REST; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84932162368     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2014.995847     Document Type: Article

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