Abstract

Introduction: within one business day, medical technicians rendering pre-hospital emergency care may face many physical and psychological pressures that can affect their health and work quality. This study aimed to identify the most common occupational stress factors in male medical technicians who render pre-hospital emergency care and to find solutions to reduce the effects of those stress factors. Materials and Methods: For the identification of personal, interpersonal, managerial, environmental and patient care stress factors among male medical technicians who render pre-hospital emergency care, this descriptive analysis was conducted on 60 male medical technicians working at Zabol University of Medical Sciences (2011). The data were collected through a standardized questionnaire assessing stress factors for the nurses. They were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics through SPSS Software version 20.0. Results: Regarding critically ill or dying patients, the results showed that the most important stress factors for the examined technicians were blaming oneself when coming late, patient’s death, contact with contaminated objects, ignorance of hospital about patient’s needs, patient’s pain and suffering, and caregivers’ misjudgments about the quality of provided pre-hospital emergency care. Conclusions: the identification of occupational stress factors can lead to the development of practical approaches to reduce the effects of stressors on the performance of employees. Regarding pre-hospital emergency care providers, it is very important to identify occupational stress factors and reduce their effects on medical technicians’ performance. © 2016, International Journal of Pharmacy and Technology. All rights reserved.