Cost of Caring Traumatic Stress and Compassion Fatigue in EMS

Compassion fatigue is the acute or gradual loss of benevolence that occurs after exposure to critical incident stress. The study we will review this month uses a cross-sectional survey to identify the prevalence and predictors of compassion fatigue among EMS professionals. Article: Secondary Traumatic Stress in Emergency Services Systems (STRESS) Project: Quantifying and Predicting Compassion Fatigue in Emergency Medical Services

Personnel Authors: Ginny K Renkiewicz, Michael W Hubble https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34128453/

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