An international cross-sectional online survey investigated workplace safety perceptions and violence among emergency department (ED) and emergency medical services (EMS) professionals across 81 countries. The analysis included 1,306 completed questionnaires. The survey found moderate concern regarding workplace safety. Overall, 75.04% of respondents had witnessed workplace violence in the previous year, while 68.8% experienced psychological harm and 40.3% physical harm.

Verbal aggression was the most common form of violence (87.8%), with patients identified as the principal perpetrators (67.6%). Alcohol or drug intoxication and ED crowding were the leading reported contributors to violence. However, only 51.1% of respondents had received formal violence-prevention training, and 57.3% had access to psychosocial support following violent incidents. These findings highlight the high…