Study: Long Shifts by EMTs Lead to More Injuries

Emergency services technicians who worked 16- to 24-hour shifts had a much greater chance of injury and illness than counterparts who worked only eight to 12 hours, according to research published in Occupational & Environmental Medicine on Monday. The study by doctors with the Brigham and Women's Hospital's sleep disorder clinic in Boston analyzed three years of shift schedule and occupational and injury and illness reports from 4,382 employees who worked 966,082 shifts and generated 950 occupational injury reports. The incidence of injury and illness reports was 60% greate...