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 assistance | Presence of EAP | | OR (95% CI) | | OR (95% CI) |
| EMT gender | | | | | Male | 835 | 1.00 | 837 | 1.00 | Female | 343 | 0.81 (0.58–1.15) | 342 | 1.03 (0.70–1.51) | Community size | | | | | Urban (>150,000) | 818 | 1.00 | 819 | 1.00 | Other (≤149,999) | 360 | 1.51 (1.06–2.17 | 360 | 0.36 (0.23–0.58 | Level of EMT practice | | | | | Paramedic | 703 | 1.00 | 704 | 1.00 | EMT-basic | 475 | 1.02 (0.73–1.43) | 475 | 0.78 (0.53–1.16) | Type of service | | | | | Non-fire-based | 689 | 1.00 | 690 | 1.00 | Fire-based | 489 | 1.13 (0.81–1.59) | 489 | 2.25 (1.49–3.41 | Type of EMS work | | | | | Not all calls emergency related | 542 | 1.00 | 544 | 1.00 | All calls emergency related | 636 | 0.95 (0.69–1.31) | 635 | 1.16 (0.80–1.68) | EMT experience (years) | 1,178 | 0.99 (0.96–1.02) | 1,179 | 1.01 (0.98–1.05) |
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