Positive Coping: A Unique Characteristic to Pre-Hospital Emergency Personnel
Introduction: It is important to gain a thorough understanding of positive coping methods adopted by medical emergency personnel to manage stressful situations associated with accidents and emergencies. Thus, the purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of positive coping strategie...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Electronic Physician
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Electronic Physician |
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5308497/ |
| Summary: | Introduction: It is important to gain a thorough understanding of positive coping methods adopted by medical
emergency personnel to manage stressful situations associated with accidents and emergencies. Thus, the purpose
of this study was to gain a better understanding of positive coping strategies used by emergency medical service
providers.
Methods: This study was conducted using a qualitative content analysis method. The study participants included
28 pre-hospital emergency personnel selected from emergency medical service providers in bases located in
different regions of the city of Mashhad, Iran, from April to November 2016. The purposive sampling method
also was used in this study, which was continued until data saturation was reached. To collect the data,
semistructured open interviews, observations, and field notes were used.
Results: Four categories and 10 subcategories were extracted from the data on the experiences of pre-hospital
emergency personnel related to positive coping strategies. The four categories included work engagement, smart
capability, positive feedback, and crisis pioneering. All the obtained categories had their own subcategories,
which were determined based on their distinctly integrated properties.
Conclusion: The results of this study show that positive coping consists of several concepts used by medical
emergency personnel, management of stressful situations, and ultimately quality of pre-hospital clinical services.
Given the fact that efficient methods such as positive coping can prevent debilitating stress in an individual, pre- hospital emergency authorities should seek to build and strengthen “positive coping” characteristics in pre- hospital medical emergency personnel to deal with accidents, emergencies, and injuries through adopting regular
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| ISSN: | 2008-5842 2008-5842 |