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A Systematic Review of Workplace Violence Against Emergency Medical Services Responders
New solutions, v 29(4), pp 487-503
01 Feb 2020
PMID: 31841060
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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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- Title
- A Systematic Review of Workplace Violence Against Emergency Medical Services Responders
- Creators
- Regan M. Murray - Drexel UniversityAndrea L. Davis - Drexel UniversityLauren J. Shepler - Drexel UniversityLori Moore-Merrell - International Association of Fire Fighters, Washington, DC, USA.William J. Troup - United States Fire Administration, Emmitsburg, MD, USA.Joseph A. Allen - University of UtahJennifer A. Taylor - Drexel Univ, Dornsife Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Environm & Occupat Hlth, Nesbitt Hall,Room 655,3215 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
- Publication Details
- New solutions, v 29(4), pp 487-503
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 17
- Grant note
- International Association of Fire Fighters HSFE20-15-Q-0053 / Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency EMW-2016-FP-00277 / Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) FY 2016 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, Fire Prevention and Safety Grants (Research Development)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Environmental and Occupational Health
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000502923900001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85077196076
- Other Identifier
- 991019168809704721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health