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The health and well-being of paramedics - a professional priority
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The health and well-being of paramedics is central to a successful ambulance service and provision of the highest level of clinical care. The Paramedic Health and Wellbeing Research Unit (PHAWRU) at Monash University (Victoria, Australia) is a newly formed unit that comprises a collaborative team of researchers, emergency service end-users and paramedic representatives, aiming to better understand and minimize the negative health impacts of a career in paramedicine. Together, the research team looks to ensure there are evidence-based strategies to improve musculoskeletal, physiological, metabolic, nutritional, mental and sleep health in paramedics. Paramedics are registered health professionals in numerous countries. Paramedicine, the contemporary term for professional paramedic practice, has an established clinical research profile demonstrating that evidence-based practice can contribute to an improvement in patient outcomes. Whilst ambulance services must prioritize their patients, they also require personnel to be healthy to perform at their utmost in order to provide optimal patient care. Yet, there is concern regarding health outcomes in paramedics. It is vital that research focuses on optimizing the health and well-being of paramedics, thus enabling ambulance services to meet their duty of care to provide a safe and healthy workplace, whilst delivering high-quality patient care. Ambulance services provide care 24 h a day, 7 days a week, and shift work is known to be a…
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Focusing on the extent to which working in the paramedic profession influences health and wellbeing will optimise paramedics' health and wellbeing, allowing ambulance services to meet their duty of care.
“Meadley et al. (2020) argue that focusing on this will optimise paramedics' health and wellbeing, allowing ambulance services to meet their duty of care in establishing a safe and healthy workplace.”
From Understanding the Occupational Factors that Influence Paramedic Health and Wellbeing (2024) · cites this paper as Meadley et al., 2020
Paramedics are often required to work extensive hours in challenging conditions, impacting their health and wellbeing and potentially patient care.
“Paramedics are often required to work extensive hours in challenging conditions, impacting on their health and wellbeing and potentially impacting patient care (Meadley et al., 2020).”
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The workforce is often constrained to the inside of their ambulance for significantly lengthy hours, with limited time for breaks.
“The workforce is often constrained to the inside of their ambulance for significantly lengthy hours, with limited time for breaks (Meadley et al., 2020).”
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Understanding the Occupational Factors that Influence Paramedic Health and Wellbeing
Betts, C., Stoneley, A., Anderson, J., & Sutton, C. (2024) · International Journal of Paramedicine · doi:10.56068/mnrg8307 · Cited by 2
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- Authors
- Meadley, B., Caldwell, J., Perraton, L., Bonham, M., Wolkow, A. P., Smith, K., Williams, B., & Bowles, K.-A.
- Affiliations
- Ambulance Victoria (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Meadley, Ben
- ORCID
- Venue
- Occupational Medicine
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2020-04
- Volume
- 70
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 149-151
- ISSN
- 0962-7480 (ISSN-L)
- 1471-8405
- OpenAlex
- W3030160034
- Cited by
- 30
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 4 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 2
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model (vor)
- Locations
- Occupational Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Occupational Health and Performance
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Occupational Health and Burnout
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Workplace Health and Well-being
- Keywords
- paramedics, ambulance services, shift work, musculoskeletal injuries, mental health, sleep disorders, nutrition, occupational health, post-traumatic stress disorder, suicide risk, employee well-being, emergency services personnel, occupational stress
- MeSH terms
- Occupational Stress, Shift Work Schedule, Allied Health Personnel, Humans, Mental Health, Sleep, Occupational Health
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