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# Catch up on the latest PCRF Journal Club!

Hosted by the Prehospital Care Research Forum (PCRF) and sponsored by Fisdap, the PCRF Journal Club is a live podcast series featuring round-table discussions of new EMS research.

## **Hungry for more prehospital research? *We have you covered.***

Watch the latest PCRF Journal Club at your convenience. Simply complete the brief form to your right to get started.

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**Preventing EMS workplace violence: A mixed-methods analysis of insights from assaulted medics**  
*Brian J. Maguire, Barbara J. O'Neill, Peter O'Meara, Matthew Browne, Michael T. Dealy*

Due to the isolated and uncontrolled environments, contact with people in distress, and close proximity to patients, violence is a significant risk to emergency medical services (EMS) personnel. While there has been some research describing workplace violence in EMS, the study we will discuss this month focuses on preventing EMS workplace violence.

The authors of this study distributed a survey with 163 questions about demographics, career experience, job title, hours worked, and violence-related experiences. The survey received responses from 1,778 individuals from 13 countries.

This study focused specifically on individuals who indicated that they had been physically attacked while on duty in the last twelve months. These respondents were asked if they thought the incident could have been prevented. If they said yes, they were then asked to describe how the incident could have been prevented. The authors reviewed these responses, and using Haddon’s Matrix, organized their findings into 6 themes including:

- Human factors: Specific populations and de-escalation   
  techniques
- Equipment factors: self-defense equipment, restraint   
  equipment, and resources
- Operational environment factors: System-wide advance   
  warning
- Social environment factors: Public and interagency awareness   
  and support
- Human factors: Situational awareness
- Operational environment factors: Law enforcement operations

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