TY - JOUR T1 - Mental health of emergency ambulance workers JF - Occupational and Environmental Medicine JO - Occup Environ Med SP - 553 LP - 553 VL - 61 IS - 6 A2 - , Y1 - 2004/06/01 UR - http://oem.bmj.com/content/61/6/553.abstract N2 - Dealing with acutely ill people is undoubtedly stressful. Some patients will inevitably have a bad outcome and there is the possibility of self recrimination among emergency staff. Studies have suggested a prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among emergency ambulance staff of around 20% and some degree of psychiatric morbidity in about one in three. Researchers in south Wales and … ER -