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- Published on: 20 February 2008
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- Published on: 20 February 2008Response to Demographics of workplace violence-methodology is the keyShow More
Dear Editor,
We read with interest the comments made by Dr Kilroy regarding our study into paramedic workplace violence and offer our reply.[1]
As this was a pilot study with no follow up letter a response rate of 28% was considered reasonable. If the paramedics saw this study as extremely important the participation rate may have been higher, even though there were a few pages to complete. There was a s...
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None declared. - Published on: 20 February 2008Workplace violence towards paramedics in UKShow More
The violence against paramedics in UK has been of concern recently. A news article on BBC on 10 Nov 2007 mentions that there were 1,006 physical assaults against ambulance staff in England for the year 2006/7, as per the figures. It is thought that the high expectations of patients and the use of drugs and alcohol is the main reason for abuse against paramedics in UK. Paramedics in UK are feeling vulnerable and have been d...
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None declared. - Published on: 30 January 2008Demographics of workplace violence-methodology is the keyShow More
Boyle et al's paper is more interesting for what it doesn't say about paramedic workplace violence than what it does.Corbett, Grange and Thomas's paper (reference 8) attracted a response rate of only 67%, of whom the vast majority were white males. There is a powerful message there alone which warrants comment. It is important also to note that Mechem et al's work (reference 9) related to an occupational injury database wh...
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