Fight, flight, freeze, fawn: mapping emergency department staff stress responses to workplace violence — a mixed-methods study
BackgroundWorkplace violence and aggression are escalating in emergency departments (EDs) globally, yet the self-reported psychological and behavioural responses in clinicians to such stressors remain underexplored. Trauma theory conceptualises stress responses as fight, flight, freeze, and fawn (4Fs); but how these responses manifest in ED staff before, during and after violent incidents has…
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