Journal Watch: Stress and Safety
Authors: Donnelly EA, Bradford P, Davis M, et al. Published in: JACEP Open, 2020; 1: 460–73. Most of the time in Journal Watch we review studies focused on either EMS patients or EMS providers. This month we review an interesting study that examines the safety of both. The authors of this study note EMS is an inherently stressful profession and that some chronic stressors may have an impact on safety. They defined chronic stress as stresses that are relatively stable and consistent over time. They identified operational, organizational, and critical incident stress as potentially in...
Source: emsworld.com