University Conducting International EMS Workplace Violence Study

Central Queensland University is leading a multi-university, international research project examining violence against ambulance personnel.

The purpose of the survey is to obtain the information needed for the design of interventions (including training programs, policies and procedures) to reduce and prevent violence against ambulance personnel internationally.

The survey is now available at https://www.vaprp.org. All ambulance personnel are encouraged to participate.

The results of this project can help prevent injuries among ambulance personnel around the world.

There are stories about the project here:
https://www.collegeofparamedics.co.uk/news/violence-against-paramedics-questionnaire
https://www.cqu.edu.au/cquninews/stories/research-category/2016/aussie-violence-against-paramedics-survey-could-have-worldwide-benefits

Principal Investigator is Dr. Brian J. Maguire, a professor at the Central Queensland University, School of Medical and Applied Sciences in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. He is a 2009 Senior Fulbright Scholar and holds a doctoral degree in public health from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and a master's degree in health administration from Central Michigan University. Brian worked for two decades in the New York City EMS system as a paramedic, an educator, a supervisor and an administrator. He gained his management experience as an EMS operations supervisor, an agency training director, a city-wide coordinator for paramedic training, a hospital administrator, a board member, the chair of the city-wide ambulance administrators' association, and an EMS agency president. His training experience includes being a NYC paramedic instructor, a NYS certified instructor and the lead instructor in: the first EMT-D course in NYC; the first EMT-I course in NYC; and, the first EMS rescue course in NYC. He was also the coordinator for the first EMS management course for the NYC Emergency Medical Services.