Examining the Impacts of Migration on the Mental Health of EMS Clinicians in a Southwestern U.S. State.

IF 2 3区医学 Q2 EMERGENCY MEDICINE Prehospital Emergency Care Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-01 DOI:10.1080/10903127.2025.2483355

Christine Crudo Blackburn, Claire A Pernat, Mayra Rico, Lauren Knight, Brandy Sebesta, Kirk Niekamp

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Abstract

Objectives: To examine the impact of migration across the United States southern land border on the mental health of emergency medical services (EMS) clinicians in the border region.

Methods: We conducted 67 in-depth interviews with fire-based EMS clinicians in three communities. Interviews took place from June 23 to 27, 2024. We conducted thematic analysis using inductive, latent coding in NVivo 14© software.

Results: Primary themes identified were that EMS clinicians were emotionally impacted by helping migrants, that calls to provide care to migrants often led EMS clinicians to feel overwhelmed, and that EMS clinicians have developed support systems and coping mechanisms for the mental health impacts of their job.

Conclusions: Given the complex environment of the border region and the uniqueness of migrant-related emergency calls, EMS clinicians in the border region need greater mental health support.

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研究移民对美国西南部州EMS临床医生心理健康的影响。

目的：研究跨越美国南部陆地边境的移民对边境地区紧急医疗服务（EMS）临床医生心理健康的影响。方法：我们对三个社区的火灾急救医生进行了67次深度访谈。采访于2024年6月23日至27日进行。我们在NVivo 14©软件中使用归纳、隐编码进行专题分析。结果：确定的主要主题是EMS临床医生因帮助移民而受到情感上的影响，为移民提供护理的呼吁经常使EMS临床医生感到不堪重负，EMS临床医生已经建立了支持系统和应对机制，以应对其工作对心理健康的影响。结论：考虑到边境地区复杂的环境和与移民相关的紧急呼叫的独特性，边境地区的EMS临床医生需要更多的心理健康支持。

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Prehospital Emergency Care 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

CiteScore

4.30

自引率

12.50%

发文量

137

审稿时长

1 months

期刊介绍： Prehospital Emergency Care publishes peer-reviewed information relevant to the practice, educational advancement, and investigation of prehospital emergency care, including the following types of articles: Special Contributions - Original Articles - Education and Practice - Preliminary Reports - Case Conferences - Position Papers - Collective Reviews - Editorials - Letters to the Editor - Media Reviews.