Post—traumatic stress disorder among paramedic and hospital emergency personnel in south—east Iran.docVIP

Post—traumatic stress disorder among paramedic and hospital emergency personnel in south—east Iran BACKGROUND： Paramedic and emergency personnel may encounter directly many events that threat their own wellbeing during their daily work. This study was conducted to examine the prevalence rate of post-traumatic stress disorder （PTSD） among two groups of paramedic and emergency personnel in south-east Iran. METHODS： The study employed a descriptive design and was conducted in four hospital emergency wards and a pre-hospital emergency base supervised by Kerman Medical University. Using Missis