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  • Violence against paramedics – when will it stop?

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    Author(s)
    Boyle, M
    Wallis, J
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Boyle, Malcolm
    Wallis, Jaime
    Year published
    2016
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    Abstract
    Welcome to the first issue of the Australasian Journal of Paramedicine for 2016. We start this year’s first editorial with what is making headlines around Australia: acts of violence against paramedics. These unacceptable acts of belligerence and disrespect towards paramedics appear to be on the rise with several reports featuring in prominent media outlets around Australia. (1-3). The disturbing and most disheartening aspect to this surge in violence towards paramedics is that the primary aim of the paramedic is to manage the sick or injured patient in a safe environment. Paramedics are there to help and assist in the event ...
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    Welcome to the first issue of the Australasian Journal of Paramedicine for 2016. We start this year’s first editorial with what is making headlines around Australia: acts of violence against paramedics. These unacceptable acts of belligerence and disrespect towards paramedics appear to be on the rise with several reports featuring in prominent media outlets around Australia. (1-3). The disturbing and most disheartening aspect to this surge in violence towards paramedics is that the primary aim of the paramedic is to manage the sick or injured patient in a safe environment. Paramedics are there to help and assist in the event of an emergency, not be on the receiving end of various acts of violence. In due course these acts diminish the job satisfaction, gratification and joy that ambulance paramedics should experience in their employment. Not to mention a safe working environment that everyone has the right to. In 1993 paramedic exposure to workplace violence was first reported by Tintinalli in the scientific literature (4) with the only Australian study into paramedic exposure to workplace violence published in 2007 (5). The study by Boyle et al identified that the main perpetrators of violent acts again paramedics were the patient, the patient’s relative or friend with most of these perpetrators being male (6). The paramedics thought that drugs and/or alcohol were contributing factors to the acts of violence against them (6), this still appears to be true.
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    Journal Title
    Australasian Journal of Paramedicine
    Volume
    13
    Issue
    1
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.33151/ajp.13.1.514
    Copyright Statement
    © 2016 Paramedics Australasia. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Public Health and Health Services
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/386506
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    • Journal articles

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