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Transport professionals face stressful situations every day.

Indeed, transport professionals actually thrive on stress, referred to as eustress. Eustress is the positive stress that challenges but also offers a sense of accomplishment or fulfillment.

Distress is negative stress that is related to anxiety or depression and is not easily resolved. The best way to man­age distress is to recognize it and prevent stress as much as possible. The Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Services, an organiza­tion of nonprofit transport professional associations, such as the American Academy of Pediatrics, requires stress recognition and management as part of the initial and ongoing competencies for transport personnel. Behaviors that are known to mediate stress are healthy habits, such as proper nutrition, adequate rest, exercise, and other elements of self-care.

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Source: AAP. Guidelines for Air and Ground Transport of Neonatal and Pediatric Patients. 4th edition. — American Academy of Pediatrics,2015. — 488 p.. 2015
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