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- EMS responders work in unpredictable and high-risk environments, which often leads to exposure to violence.
- A systematic literature review aimed to define violence against EMS responders and identify the associated risk factors, analyzing both traditional peer-reviewed and industrial literature.
- The findings showed that 57 to 93 percent of EMS responders have experienced verbal or physical violence, highlighting the need for comprehensive studies to understand the effects of violence and occupational stress on their well-being.
Article Abstract
Emergency Medical Service (EMS) responders deliver patient care in high-risk, high-stress, and highly variable scenarios. This unpredictable work environment exposes EMS responders to many risks, one of which is violence. The primary goals of this systematic literature review were to (1) define the issue of violence experienced by EMS responders and (2) identify the risk factors of violence associated with the EMS profession. An innovative inclusion of industrial literature with traditional peer-reviewed literature was performed. Of 387 articles retrieved, 104 articles were assessed and reviewed. Career exposure for EMS responders to at least one instance of verbal and/or physical violence was between 57 and 93 percent. There is a great need for rigorously designed, nationally representative examinations of occupational exposures in order to better understand the temporal associations of violence, cumulative occupational stressors, and the outcomes of physical and psychosocial injuries that are occurring as a result of exposures to violence.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8594050 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1048291119893388 | DOI Listing |
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