Analyses of job stress and burnout among paramedics and emergency medical technicians

There are a number of interrelated factors that contribute to both burnout and job stress among paramedics and EMT's. A quantitative, quasi-experimental study used 37 participants (25 male and 12 female), emergency medical service responders, who completed the General Stress Questionnaire (GSQ) and the Burnout Measure-Short Version (BMS) Questionnaire to examine the relationship between stress and burnout and whether paramedics endorse higher levels of stress and burnout than do EMT personnel. A Pearson r tested the following: (H1a) Paramedics will have a higher level of stress than will EMT personnel; (H1b) Paramedics will have a higher level of burnout than will EMT personnel; (H2a) There will be a stronger relationship between medical level (EMT vs. paramedics) and burnout among medical personnel working in Madera County than the medical personnel working in Fresno County; (H2b) There will be a stronger relationship between medical level (EMT vs. paramedic) and stress among medical personnel working in Madera County than the medical personnel working in Fresno County. Implications were not significant. However, a post hoc analysis revealed that participants who worked a 12-hour shift are 10.39 times more likely to work for Fresno County than Madera County. Women are 3.6 times more likely to work 24-hour shifts, and married participants were 3.89 times more likely to work in Madera than participates who were not married.