Self-Reported Violence Experienced by Swiss Prehospital Emergency Care Providers
Table 4
Type of physical aggression.
Total responses, n = 257
Males, n = 184
Females, n = 73
Spitting, n (%)
127 (49.4)
92 (50.0)
35 (47.9)
Pushing, n (%)
123 (47.9)
101 (54.9)
22 (30.1)
Kicking, n (%)
68 (26.5)
49 (26.6)
19 (26.0)
Punching, n (%)
59 (23.0)
51 (27.7)
8 (11.0)
Throwing objects intending to hurt, n (%)
45 (17.5)
33 (17.9)
12 (16.4)
Slap/smack, n (%)
39 (15.2)
27 (14.7)
12 (16.4)
Knifing, n (%)
17 (6.6)
14 (7.6)
3 (4.1)
Other†, n (%)
13 (5.1)
6 (3.3)
7 (9.6)
Cumulative results. †Others = scratches, bites, punch on the throat, nondirected aggression, gripping, head butting, pulling the arm by force, and menaced or fired upon by a firearm.
