Research and Data

Category	Title	Description
Data	Survey Reveals Alarming Rates of EMS Provider Stress and Thoughts of Suicide	JEMS Article on Fitch & Associates’ Ambulance Service Manager Program Survey Results.
Data	Suicide Surveillance, Prevention and Intervention Measures for the U.S. Fire Service	Study undertaken by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation to explore causes and prevention strategies.
Research	NAEMT 2016 National Survey on EMS Mental Health Services	Findings of a national survey conducted to determine what services EMS agencies provide to EMS practitioners to help them cope with job stress, maintain their mental wellbeing, and seek help when needed.
Research	Mental Health and Stress in Emergency Medical Services	NEMSMA report outlining the results of the April 2015 Ambulance Service Manager Program cohort research project on the mental health and suicide of EMS providers
Research	Physical and psychosocial work environment factors and their association with health outcomes in Danish ambulance personnel	A cross section study that compares EMS personnel to general population.
Research	Health problems and help-seeking in a nationwide sample of operational Norwegian ambulance personnel	Research study on prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms, and their association with professional help-seeking, among operational ambulance personnel and a general working population.
Research	Health status in the ambulance services: a systematic review	The research systematically explores the literature on health problems and work-related and individual health predictors in the ambulance services.
Research	Acute and chronic job stressors among ambulance personnel: predictors of health symptoms	Research study on symptoms of post-traumatic distress, fatigue, and burnout due to acute and chronic work related stressors among ambulance personnel.
Research	Post traumatic stress among Swedish ambulance personnel	Study investigates the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder among Swedish ambulance personnel.