Physician burnout in critical care and emergency unit setting

Abstract

All types of healthcare professionals can develop burnout syndrome (BOS), while those who serve in critical care and emergency units are more susceptible to it. The emergence of BOS is linked to an imbalance between a team member's personal traits and problems at work or with other organisational elements. BOS is linked to a number of negative effects, including as higher rates of employee turnover, lower patient satisfaction, and lower levels of care quality. BOS also has a direct impact on the mental and physical health of the many physicians and other healthcare workers that work in emergency and critical care settings around the world. Critical care medical professionals and other psychological illnesses went mostly undetected until recently. The current paper examines the burnout prevalence among doctors in critical care (CC) unit and emergency unit physicians, the risk factors (RF) of burnout and their consequences, prevention and treatment measures of BOS and intensive and non-ICU healthcare workers' burnout prevalence comparison were also studied. It finally concludes from the study that the physicians from the Critical Care Unit and emergency department unit are more stressed and prone to high burnout levels than others.