The Association of Death Notification and Related Training with Burnout among Emergency Medical Services Professionals.

Conclusion: Many EMS professionals reported delivering at least one death notification within the past year. Yet, fewer than half reported training related to death notification during initial EMS education and even fewer reported receiving continuing education. More of those who delivered death notifications experienced burnout, while continuing education was associated with reduced odds of burnout. Future work is needed to develop and evaluate death notification training specifically for EMS professionals. PMID: 32584686 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Prehospital Emergency Care - Category: Endocrinology Tags: Prehosp Emerg Care Source Type: research