Suicide Among the EMS Occupation in the United States

The objective of this study was to determine the proportionate mortality ratio (PMR) of suicide among firefighters and emergency medical technicians (EMT) compared to the general US working population.Methods: We analyzed over five million adult decedent death records from the National Occupational Mortality Surveillance database for 26 states over a 10-year non-consecutive period including 1999, 2003 –2004, and 2007–2013....
Source: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research