...Tiet-Hanh Dao-Tran; Keith Townsend; Rebecca Loundoun; Adrian Wilkinson; Charrlotte Seib Purpose This study aims to explore the intention to quit and its associations among ambulance personnel and to compare the intention to quit and its associations between paramedic and non-paramedic staff...

... and prioritize employees' mental health, as well as other factors relating to departments' informal culture. Originality/value This is one of the largest studies conducted on three types of first responders (police officers, fire firefighters, emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics) across...

... only Police Firefighters Paramedics Health Occupational demands The police force is an emergency service, and police officers, alongside firefighters and ambulance personnel (paramedics) are referred to as “emergency responders” (Kales et al., 2009 ; Lentz et al...

...Malek Safori; Zainab Alqudah; Brett Williams Purpose Paramedics responding to emergencies have proven to have an impact on their mental health and well-being. Therefore, measuring and initiating resilience promotion and development during the educational process could promote health in this group...

... re-use rights only Paramedics Emergency medical services Implications Ambulance policy Carter review Lord Carter's report into NHS efficiency, “Operational Performance and Productivity in the Ambulance Service; Unacceptable Variation” was published by National Health Service...

... in paramedics. This study investigated stress, personality traits, sensation seeking and resilience in paramedics. Moreover, the impact of psychological variables on individual differences in paramedics' stress burden was explored. Design/methodology/approach A convenience sample of 395 paramedics and 397...

...Nualnong Wongtongkam Purpose Violence directed at ambulance paramedics has attracted increasing public attention because of its major negative impact on the physical and psychological well-being of victims and productivity of organisations. The purpose of this paper is to explore the prevalence...

...Joanna M. Blodgett; Duncan Robertson; David Ratcliffe; Kenneth Rockwood Purpose With the increasing demand on ambulance services, paramedics are tasked to arrange as much out of hospital care as possible, to develop integrated systems of care and work with hundreds of different providers – all...

...Brett Williams; Malcolm Boyle; Richard Brightwell; Scott Devenish; Peter Hartley; Michael McCall; Paula McMullen; Graham Munro; Peter O'Meara; Vanessa Webb Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the extent of empathy in paramedic students across seven Australian universities. Design...