Factors Predisposing Emergency Medical Technicians to Workplace Violence: A Cross Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT: Emergency medical technicians (EMT) are at high risk of workplace violence as they often care for patients in uncontrolled and often hostile emergency settings. Gauteng Province, the most populous province in South Africa, caters for 75% of the total population which is dependant on state funded health care. Public sector EMTs' have been robbed with aggravated circumstances, assaulted with intent to do grievous bodily harm, raped and even murdered whilst on duty. Despite this, comprehensive studies investigating the factors that predispose public sector EMTs' to workplace violence in Gauteng Province are lacking. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the factors that predispose public service EMTs' to workplace violence in Gauteng Province. Data were collected using questionnaires

SUBMITTER: Khoza TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10944587 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature