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Abstract
Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) are members of a discipline that forms a unique part of the emergency services. As pre-hospital providers they are constantly and increasingly facing with heavy stressors and obstacles that are physically, mentally and emotionally tiring, it placing them at the risk of developing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The aim of the study: to assess traumatic stress symptomatology among EMTs. Design: Explorative correlational survey was utilized. Setting: The study was conducted in all of thirty-seven ambulance centers which cover the geographical division of Ismailia Governorate. Subject:All available emergency medical technicians (210) in previously mentioned sitting. Tools of data collection: Four tools were used for data collection: (I) Socio- demographicand Emergency Work Backgrounds Questionnaire, (II) Obstacles Facing EMTs Questionnaire, (III) Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) that assesses subjective distress caused by traumatic events and (IV) Dispositional Resilience Scale (DRS) that measure the concept of hardiness. Result: It was found that more than half of EMTs sometimes had a depressed mood and anxious feeling. Also, more than half of EMTs had Post- Traumatic Stress Symptoms (PTSS), in which the level of PTSS was moderate among them. Conclusion: EMTs faced obstacles during emergency work that hinder their work and perceived as stressors, and more than half of them had PTSS. Additionally, PTSS had a significant statistical correlation with the negative impact of emergency work on psychological health; social relationship and work efficiency among EMTs. Recommendation: Establish strategies to assess the level of resilience, hardiness and stress among EMTs regularly for early detection and management of any psychopathology, and developing a formal critical incident stress debriefing program within the organization in addition to the maintenance of a supportive work environment.