Second Victims among German Emergency Medical Services Physicians (SeViD-III-Study).
Hartwig MarungReinhard StrametzHannah RoesnerFlorian ReifferscheidRainer PetzinaVictoria KlemmMilena Trifunovic-KoenigStefan BushuvenPublished in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2023)
Our data indicate that the Second Victim Phenomenon is very frequent among prehospital emergency physicians in Germany. However, four out of ten caregivers affected did not seek or receive any assistance in coping with this stressful situation. One out of nine respondents had not yet fully recovered by the time of the survey. Effective support networks, e.g., easy access to psychological and legal counseling as well as the opportunity to discuss ethical issues, are urgently required in order to prevent employees from further harm, to keep healthcare professionals from leaving this field of medical care and to maintain a high level of system safety and well-being of subsequent patients.
Keyphrases
- emergency medical
- primary care
- end stage renal disease
- healthcare
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- emergency department
- chronic kidney disease
- public health
- cardiac arrest
- palliative care
- mental health
- smoking cessation
- big data
- physical activity
- machine learning
- patient reported
- artificial intelligence
- hiv infected
- affordable care act