... the correlations between public service motivation (PSM), job satisfaction and burnout among Chinese firefighters by analyzing 776 questionnaire surveys from two provinces. Findings We found that career-oriented firefighters had higher public service motivation and job satisfaction and lower burnout than...

...Corinne A. Beaugard; Valerie Hruschak; Christina S. Lee; Jenifer Swab; Sheila Roth; Daniel Rosen Purpose Emergency medical service (EMS) workers are at risk for burnout related to the opioid overdose crisis because they are frequently present during overdose events. The study’s aims were twofold...

... Anxiety Burnout Well-being Resilience Paramedics Education Paramedics responding to emergencies have proven to have an impact on their mental and general health and well-being (Sterud et al., 2006 , Van Der Ploeg and Kleber, 2003). According to a previously published review...

...Celia Sporer Purpose This study was designed to examine burnout in US emergency medical services (EMS) providers. It examined burnout scores measured using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) on a convince sample of US EMS providers as well individual variables associated of burnout...

...Anastasia Miller; Sara A. Jahnke; Karan P. Singh Purpose The purpose of this article was to identify factors impacting burnout, resilience and quality of life in rural career firefighters. In addition, sources of stress and the impact of generational differences were explored. Design...

...Isobel Sheard; Melissa Ellen Burnett; Helen St Clair-Thompson Purpose Police personnel report relatively high rates of mental health difficulties, and are at an increased risk of experiencing stress, burnout, secondary traumatic stress and anxiety as a result of the nature of their work and may...

...Anastasia Miller; Lynn Unruh; Xinliang Liu; Tracy Wharton; Ning Zhang Purpose Personnel who work in emergency medical services (EMS) face work environments which are high stress. These can lead to burnout, secondary traumatic stress (STS), and a reduction of compassion satisfaction (CS). However...

... of violent incidents, contributing factors, burnout and post-traumatic symptoms among paramedics. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional survey was distributed in two ambulance services in Tasmania and South Australia, with self-administered instruments completed online. In total, 48 respondents...

... 2017 19 02 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Burnout Compassion satisfaction Dispatcher First responder Secondary traumatic stress Telecommunicator Often called the first of the first responders (Davis, 2005...