Structured evaluation of stress triggers in prehospital emergency medical care : An analysis by questionnaire regarding the professional groups

DISCUSSION: Different stressors are relevant for the individual professional groups in the German emergency medical service. The developed catalogue can be used in the future to evaluate the subjective stress load of emergency service professionals. There are stressors that are inherent in the working environment (e.g. pressure to act) and others that can be improved through training (teamwork). We recommend training of general resistance as well as training of specific items (e.g., technical, nontechnical skills). All professionals mentioned items with respect to organizational factors. The responsible persons can identify potential for improvement based on the legal and organizational items. The EMT basic requires further subdivision according to task areas due to its variable applicability.PMID:33974115 | DOI:10.1007/s00101-021-00968-x
Source: Der Anaesthesist - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Source Type: research