Author : Remle Patricia Crowe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (951 download)
Book Synopsis An Assessment of Burnout Among Nationally-certified Emergency Medical Services Professionals by : Remle Patricia Crowe
Download or read book An Assessment of Burnout Among Nationally-certified Emergency Medical Services Professionals written by Remle Patricia Crowe and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A total of 2,650 (12.5%) responses were received. More paramedics experienced personal (38.5%), work-related (30.3%), and patient-related (14.2%) than EMTs (25.6%, 19.1%, and 5.2%). Paramedics (OR: 1.58, 95%CI: 1.25-2.00) and females (OR: 1.38, 95%CI: 1.11-1.71) had increased odds of personal burnout. Race/ethnicity and weekly call volume were also associated with personal burnout. EMS professionals with 5 to 15 years of experience had greater odds of work-related burnout than those with less than 5 years of experience (OR: 1.43, 95%CI: 1.07-1.90). Those working at private services demonstrated greater odds of work-related burnout than those at fire-based services (OR: 1.39, 95%CI: 1.08-1.80). Call volume and annual EMS income were also associated with work-related burnout. Paramedics had significantly greater odds of patient-related burnout (OR: 2.14, 95%CI: 1.34-3.43). Females had reduced odds of patient-related burnout (OR: 0.60, 95%CI: 0.41-0.89). Call volume and education were also associated with patient-related burnout.