BACKGROUND: The roles of the emergency services are challenging and often physically
demanding. Readiness to meet these challenges and demands is a fundamental …

Search and rescue operations are necessary in locating, assisting and recovering
individuals lost or in distress. In Australia, land-based search and rescue roles require a …

Public safety related occupations including police, fire and military commonly apply physical
employment standard (PES) to facilitate job matching, an approach to evaluate if candidates …

Ambulance services require candidates to pass physical employment tests (PETs) to be
deemed suitable for the paramedic role. Whilst some research has been undertaken to …

BACKGROUND: Workplace injuries place a significant physical, social and financial burden
on organisations globally. Paramedics provide emergency management of workplace …

Aim To develop evidence-based role-specific physical employment standards and tests for
National Ambulance Resilience Unit (NARU) specialist paramedics. Methods Sixty-two (53 …

BACKGROUND: When establishing Physical Employment Standards, validity is dependent
on the correct identification and characterisation of critical job tasks. OBJECTIVE: To …

Increasing exposure to hazards and their associated risks coupled with escalating political,
economic, social and cultural dynamics has led to a growing demand on emergency …

Background Staff retention in Emergency Medicine (EM) is at crisis level and could be
attributed in some part to adverse working conditions. This study aimed to better understand …

Background Evidence-based physical employment standards are vital for recruiting, training
and maintaining the operational effectiveness of personnel in physically demanding …