THE SEVERITY OF EMERGENCY OPERATION RELATED STRESSORS IN THE MEDICAL EMERGENCY TECHNICIANS IN EAST AZERBAIJAN PROVINCE

One of the most important strategies for reducing workplace stress is to identify
the severity of stressors. Little information is available about stress intensity factors in the creation of
employment for emergency personnel in Iran. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the severity
emergency operations stressors in the emergency medical technicians.
Materials & Methods: According to this descriptive-correlational study, 247 technicians working in
disaster and emergency management centers of East Azerbaijan province participated. For data
collection, a questionnaire which has two sections to investigate the personal, social and occupational
and a questionnaire to evaluate extreme stressful was used. Data analyzed by using SPSS ver. 13
software by using descriptive – inferential statistics.
Results: The results showed that, the average stress intensity factors were above average (3 of 5). The
most important stressors factors are, contacting infectious disease, die of a patient, crashing with an
ambulance, delay in reaching a place, and driving at high speed. The least important factors are
contacting with hospital emergency personnel. In this study, the severity of stress was associated with
education level and employment. Also a significant association between stress and experience with
mission work was shown.
Conclusion: In this study, job stressors during emergency operations as factors of patient care in acute
circumstance, situations threatening the safety of personnel and the fast emergency dispatch were the
strongest stressors reported