The critical incident inventory: characteristics of incidents which affect emergency medical technicians and paramedics

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics experience critical incidents which evoke distress and impaired functioning but it is unknown which aspects of incidents contribute to their impact. We sought to determine these spe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Halpern Janice, Maunder Robert G, Schwartz Brian, Gurevich Maria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-08-01
Series:BMC Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-227X/12/10