Four-hundred twenty-seven firefighter/paramedics and firefighter/emergency medical technicians completed questionnaires regarding past and current turnover decisions. The employees, who work in teams of either three or four, have a collective bargaining benefit that allows them …
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This study was prompted by the reflective essays submitted by paramedics in which they recounted traumatic experiences from work which seemed unprocessed. I subsequently became interested in how paramedics maintained their resilience and ‘survived’ their work as measured by for …
Healthcare workers are at an increasing risk of contracting Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDs). While healthcare organizations are investing significantly in patient lifting and handling equipment, to reduce the risk of lower back injuries, the paramedics profession …
The current study employed a quantitative non-experimental design to examine the relationships between moral injury (MI), perceived supervisor leadership style, and risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STB) in a purposive sample of full-time paramedics who provided patient c…
COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented strain on the health care system around the world and challenged it like never before in the recent history. The impacts of disasters including pandemics are not limited to the headlines and news reports of number of affected people an…