Publisher: Clarion, Pa. : Clarion University of Pennsylvania ; Edinboro, Pa. : Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Publication Date: 2017

Format: 1 online resource (x, 75 pages) : color charts.

Description:

This study utilized a non-experimental, descriptive correlational design in order to determine if EMS professionals in Northwestern Pennsylvania, who practice self-care, experience less compassion fatigue than those who do not. A survey which was comprised of The Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL) scale, as well as, the Health Promotion Lifestyle Profile (HPLP) II was completed by 164 EMS professionals in Northwestern Pennsylvania. Spearman's rank correlation coefficient was utilized to determine the relationship between self-care and compassion fatigue.