Emergency Preparedness Law and Willingness to Respond in the EMS Workforce

• Published in: Prehospital and disaster medicine Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 358 - 363
• Main Authors: Rutkow, Lainie, Vernick, Jon S., Thompson, Carol B., Pirrallo, Ronald G., Barnett, Daniel J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.08.2014; Jems Publishing Company, Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Attitude of Health Personnel; Disaster Planning; Emergency medical care; Emergency medical services; Emergency Medical Services - legislation & jurisprudence; Emergency preparedness; Female; Health services; Health technology assessment; Humans; Influenza, Human - epidemiology; Male; Original Research; Pandemics; Paramedics; Public health; Public Health - legislation & jurisprudence; State laws; Surveys and Questionnaires; Technicians; United States; United States; disaster planning; willingness to respond; jurisprudence; health policy; rescue work; legislation

For effective responses to emergencies, individuals must have the ability to respond and also be willing to participate in the response. A growing body of research points to gaps in response willingness among several occupational cohorts with response duties, including the Emergency Medical Services...