Emergency medical services (EMS) calls during COVID-19: early lessons learned for systems planning (a narrative review)

A Al Amiry, BJ Maguire - Open Access Emergency Medicine, 2021‏ - Taylor & Francis
Background Over the course of the COVID-19 progress, reports from many locations around
the world indicated major increases in EMS call volume, which imposed great pressure on …

Violence against emergency medical services personnel: A systematic review of the literature

BJ Maguire, P O'Meara, BJ O'Neill… - American journal of …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Background Violence against emergency medical services (EMS) personnel is a growing
concern. The aim of this systematic review is to synthesize the current literature on violence …

A systematic review of workplace violence against emergency medical services responders

RM Murray, AL Davis, LJ Shepler… - New solutions: a …, 2020‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Emergency Medical Service (EMS) responders deliver patient care in high-risk, high-stress,
and highly variable scenarios. This unpredictable work environment exposes EMS …

Multiple dimensions of work intensity: Ambulance work as edgework

E Granter, P Wankhade, L McCann… - Work, Employment …, 2019‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Working life in public sector professions is undergoing significant change and becoming
increasingly demanding. This article explores work intensity in NHS ambulance services in …

Prevalence of burnout in paramedics: A systematic review of prevalence studies

M Reardon, R Abrahams, L Thyer… - Emergency Medicine …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Paramedic wellness is an increasing priority within the profession. Burnout has been
described as having areas of 'emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and reduced …

[HTML][HTML] Occupation-induced fatigue and impacts on Emergency First responders: a systematic review

G Marvin, B Schram, R Orr, EFD Canetti - International Journal of …, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Fatigue in emergency first responders (EFRs) is known to affect performance abilities and
safety outcomes for both patients and EFRs. The primary aim of this review was to determine …

Occupational injuries and exposures among emergency medical services workers

AA Reichard, SM Marsh, TR Tonozzi… - Prehospital …, 2017‏ - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Emergency medical services (EMS) workers incur occupational injuries at a
higher rate than the general worker population. This study describes the circumstances of …

The nature and burden of occupational injury among first responder occupations: a retrospective cohort study in Australian workers

SE Gray, A Collie - Injury, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Introduction Workers in first responder (FR) occupations are at heightened risk for workplace
injury given their exposure to physical/psychological hazards. This study sought to (1) …

International survey of violence against EMS personnel: physical violence report

BJ Maguire, M Browne, BJ O'Neill, MT Dealy… - … and disaster medicine, 2018‏ - cambridge.org
IntroductionEach year, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel respond to over 30
million calls for assistance in the United States alone. These EMS personnel have a rate of …

Occupational injury risk among ambulance officers and paramedics compared with other healthcare workers in Victoria, Australia: analysis of workers' compensation …

MH Roberts, MR Sim, O Black, P Smith - … and environmental medicine, 2015‏ - oem.bmj.com
Objective To investigate occupational risk of musculoskeletal (MSK) and mental injury
among ambulance officers and paramedics, and compare with nurse professionals, social …