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Addressing burnout and PTSD among paramedics and emergency staff after the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of occupational health services and workplace health promotion programs
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Affiliations- Department of Emergency, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, ASST Fatebenefratelli and Sacco, Milan, Italy
- Post-graduate School of Occupational Medicine, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
- Department of Psychology, Agri Ibrahim Cecen University, Turkiye
- Henry JN Taub Department of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
- Research Unit, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Bialystok Oncology Center, Bialystok, Poland
- Institute of Outcomes Research, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Medical Academy, Warszawa, Poland
- Occupational Health Unit, Woman Child & Public Health Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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Abstract
Abstract
Keywords
post-traumatic stress disorders; PTSD; burnout; paramedics; emergency medical staff; COVID- 19; SARS-CoV-2; pandemic; occupational health; workplace program
About this articleTitle
Addressing burnout and PTSD among paramedics and emergency staff after the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of occupational health services and workplace health promotion programs
Journal
Disaster and Emergency Medicine Journal
Issue
Article type
Editorial
Pages
131-133
Published online
2023-08-02
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194
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DOI
10.5603/DEMJ.a2023.0031
Bibliographic record
Disaster Emerg Med J 2023;8(3):131-133.
Keywords
post-traumatic stress disorders
PTSD
burnout
paramedics
emergency medical staff
COVID- 19
SARS-CoV-2
pandemic
occupational health
workplace program
Authors
Gabriella Nucera
Francesco Chirico
Murat Yildirim
Lukasz Szarpak
Nicola Magnavita
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