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Perceptions of Workplace Violence and its Underreporting among Prehospital Emergency Care Personnel in Johannesburg, South Africa

2026-01-19

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background Prehospital emergency care personnel (PECP) are tasked with providing emergency care to injured and ill patients in environments that are unpredictable and carry several risks to both caregivers and patients. One of those inherent risks is workplace violence (WPV) against the caregiver. Workplace violence against the PECP is on the rise and has been shown to impact the PECP...

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DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-8385902/v1

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