FACTS

1. Emergency medical technicians and paramedics have higher fatal injury rates when compared with all workers.
2. Emergency medical services workers face a rate of occupational injury that is much higher than the national average and transportation-related events are a significant component of that risk.
3. Patient care is a critical factor in daily stress among EMTs, both on workdays and post-workdays, providing preliminary evidence for a carryover effect. Evidence also suggests that stress on the day before work may influence EMT’s perceptions of their patients.
4. EMS personnel were most commonly treated in EDs for body motion injuries as a result of […]

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