@article{ref1,
title="Exposure of French EMS providers to violence",
journal="Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation",
year="2002",
author="Duchateau, F. X. and Bajolet-Laplante, M. F. and Chollet, C. and Ricard-Hibon, A. and Marty, J.",
volume="21",
number="10",
pages="775-778",
abstract="Objectives: Evaluate the problem of violence in French EMS system and characterize assaults.Study design: Multicentric, descriptive, open study.Patients and methods: A questionnaire was given to a sample of prehospital care providers in Paris area. People were asked about assaults during their careers, typology of the assaults and consequences. Results are presented in percentage and means.Results: Two hundred seventy-six questionnaires were returned. One or more assaults were recounted by 23% (61/271) of the sample (median of 8 ± 7 years experience on the job). The injuries were bruises in 40% (17/43), wounds in 9% (4/43) and fractures in 2% (1/43). Only 4% of assaults were followed by sick leave, 15% by a complaint. After the assaults, 4% (2/45) reported having got therapy against post-traumatic stress disorder. Eighty-eight per cent reported verbal threat and 41% physical threat. Thirteen per cent (25/200) were threatened with a knife and 12% (23/200) with a gun. Only 9% (24/270) had a formal training for management of violence.Conclusion: Formal training in the management of violent encounters and prevention of post-traumatic stress should be developed.<p />",
language="",
issn="0750-7658",
doi="10.1016/S0750-7658(02)00796-7",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0750-7658(02)00796-7"
}