Research Article

Workplace Violence: A Survey of Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Services Professionals

Table 4

Regression analyses evaluating EMT characteristics associated with ease of getting police assistance and presence of an EAP.

Variable Very easy getting police assistancePresence of EAP
OR (95% CI)OR (95% CI)

EMT gender
 Male8351.008371.00
 Female3430.81 (0.58–1.15)3421.03 (0.70–1.51)
Community size
 Urban (>150,000)8181.008191.00
 Other (≤149,999)3601.51 (1.06–2.173600.36 (0.23–0.58
Level of EMT practice
 Paramedic7031.007041.00
 EMT-basic4751.02 (0.73–1.43)4750.78 (0.53–1.16)
Type of service
 Non-fire-based6891.006901.00
 Fire-based4891.13 (0.81–1.59)4892.25 (1.49–3.41
Type of EMS work
 Not all calls emergency related5421.005441.00
 All calls emergency related6360.95 (0.69–1.31)6351.16 (0.80–1.68)
EMT experience (years)1,1780.99 (0.96–1.02)1,1791.01 (0.98–1.05)

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