Fatigue and mental health in Australian rural and regional ambulance personnel

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 62-66

  Pyper, Zoe ^a   Paterson, Jessica L ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambulance; Fatigue; Stress; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; BURNOUT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKING TIME; WORKPLACE; MANPOWER; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUEENSLAND; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUEENSLAND; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957443075     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12520     Document Type: Article

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