'The first pulse you take is your own' - but don't forget your colleagues'. Emotion teamwork in pre-hospital emergency medical services.
This article examines the way that intense emotions, both positive and negative, are collectively regulated at work by pre-hospital emergency teams. We analyse the collective strategies and solutions that are developed in daily medical work by teams and individuals with a view to furthering the action. After a review of the literature on emotion work in work collectives, we discuss the nature of pre-hospital emergency work and the role of emotions in this work. We then examine the collective management of both disruptive and desired emotions by teams during interventions. The last section reflects on the long-term management of emotions at work using Randall Collins' concepts of interaction ritual and emotional energy. This study relies on fieldwork performed in emergency medical services in New York and Paris.
Centre de Recherche, Médecine, Sciences, Santé, Santé Mentale, Société, Paris, France.
Nicolas
N
Henckes
Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, USA.
Michael
M
Nurok
D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D004644:Emotions; D066296:Grounded Theory; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012962:Sociology, Medical
emergency care; emotions; ethnography; work