Molly McCann-Pineo, Meghan Keating, Tara McEvoy, Mikayla Schwartz, Rebecca M Schwartz, Jonathan Washko, Elizabeth Wuestman, Jonathan Berkowitz
BACKGROUND: Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is a challenging profession. Little is known if there are gender differences in the experiences among EMS clinicians. Therefore, our aim was to understand and characterize the occupational experiences of female EMS clinicians. METHODS: A mixed methodological study was conducted among currently licensed female EMS clinicians via focus group and self-report survey data. Three focus groups (n = 5, 4, 13, respectively) were conducted with participants purposively recruited from primarily Northeastern EMS agencies...
January 24, 2024: Prehospital Emergency Care