Introduction: Health workers are the most exposed to unfavorable social behavior and violence at work. Verbal and physical abuse directed at nurses is the most common form of abuse in healthcare institutions, and the source of violence in most cases is patients and their families. Violence in the workplace is directly related to the occurrence of increased stress levels, reduced work productivity and reduced quality of health care provided. Objective: To examine the exposure of nurses/technicians to workplace violence in the emergency medical service Methods: 172 respondents employed in the emergency medical service in the Republic of Croatia participated in the research.Violence at work was examined with a violence questionnaire consisting of 20 questions related to the presence and frequency and forms of violence in the workplace. Results: Violence was experienced by 90% of respondents, the largest number of respondents experienced verbal and physical violence by patients and their families or accompanying patients. Experienced violence was reported to competent institutions by half of the respondents. Men experienced statistically significantly more verbal and physical violence and were abused by patients and their families in a statistically significantly higher number. Younger respondents and respondents with fewer years of work experience experienced verbal and physical violence from patients statistically more often. Verbal and physical violence was experienced statistically significantly by the most respondents working in Team 1. Respondents who have experienced workplace violence are statistically the least afraid for their safety. Conclusion: The findings of this study clearly show that the vast majority of emergency service workers in Croatia are exposed to violence to a large extent. Healthcare professionals need to be made aware of the attitude that violence should not be tolerated, and hospital administrations and state institutions have a great responsibility to educate healthcare professionals about violence, raise awareness about reporting violence, and ultimately design and implement laws that will enable healthcare professionals to safely and smooth performance of work and thereby improve patient-centered healthcare.