Absence and Need for Fatigue Risk Management in Emergency Medical Services

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• Creators:
  Patterson, P. Daniel ; Martin-Gill, Christian
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Pittsburgh. Department of Emergency Medicine ; United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Corporate Contributors:
  National Association of State EMS Officials
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Risk management
  • Fatigue (Physiological condition)
  • Emergencies
  • Accidents
  • Medical services
  • Medical treatment
  • Emergency medical services
  • EMS
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1080/10903127.2017.1380101; https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5778198.v1
• Resource Type:
  Journal Article
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Volume 22, 2018 - Issue sup1: NHTSA Fatigue in EMS project
• Corporate Publisher:
  Taylor & Francis
• Abstract:
  Fatigue in the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) workplace is widespread. Reports of fatigue-related events that involve ambulance crashes, personnel injury, patient death, and other negative outcomes are on the rise (1-7). There is growing evidence that greater than half of EMS personnel report mental and physical fatigue while at work (8). Half of EMS personnel report poor sleep quality and half obtain less than six hours of sleep per 24-hour period (8). More than one third of EMS personnel report excessive daytime sleepiness (9), and half report not getting the recovery they need between shifts (10). Workplace fatigue is a threat to EMS patients, personnel, and the public.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTNH2215R00029
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/35410/dot_35410_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 108.46 KB]
• Collection(s):
  NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research
• Main Document Checksum:
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