Episode 82: Dr. Remle Crowe on Stroke and Burnout

Remle Crowe is a statistics rockstar. Her primary areas of research in EMS include burnout, and how to improve performance in our industry. There's a lot to cover, and a lot we discussed, so everything is listed below. Take some time to listen to the episode and read all the studies linked below. It'll make your practice better. Promise. 

• August 2017

  • Prehospital emerg. Care https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10903127.2017.1356411

  • Medics are more likely to experience burnout than EMTs

    • 5-15 years experience

    • Increased call volume

    • Greater odds of leaving EMS

    • Associated with 10 or more absences

• JACEP Feb 2020

  • https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/emp2.12014

  • Culture has an effect on burnout

  • Job resources are associated with reduced burnout

  • What can organizations do that can have real effect on reducing burnout?

• PEC July 2020

  • https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10903127.2020.1785599

  • EMS received almost no training about death notifications

  • Greater death notifications were associated with higher burnout

• J. Sleep Research Oct 2021

  • https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jsr.13497

  • 25% of respondents had high sleep debt

  • 82% had poor cardiovascular health

• JACEP Jan 2022

  • https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/emp2.12629

  • Crowe was the supervising editor of this study

  • Discusses the availability and use of decision aids in clinical treatment

• NREMT FELLOWSHIP

  • https://www.nremt.org/Document/research

• Ahora scale

  • https://www.ems1.com/stroke-care/articles/the-ahora-stroke-scale-with-dr-remle-crowe-TKaU3dqIhjnhIWzZ/

• https://naemsp.org/home/news/coming-soon-naemsp-pec-airway-compendium/