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Title: Work-related injuries sustained by emergency medical technicians and paramedics in Turkey
Authors: Gülen, B.
Serinken, Mustafa
Hatipoğlu, C.
Özaşır, D.
Sönmez, E.
Kaya, G.
Akpınar, G.
Keywords: Accident
Ambulance
Paramedic
Work-related
adult
Article
emergency health service
female
human
job satisfaction
laboratory personnel
major clinical study
male
needlestick injury
occupational accident
paramedical personnel
physical abuse
physical violence
questionnaire
relative
sharp injury
traffic accident
Turkey (republic)
verbal hostility
work related injury
young adult
adolescent
Occupational Injuries
rescue personnel
statistics and numerical data
Turkey
urban population
Accidents, Traffic
Adolescent
Adult
Allied Health Personnel
Emergency Medical Services
Emergency Medical Technicians
Female
Humans
Male
Surveys and Questionnaires
Urban Population
Young Adult
Publisher: Turkish Association of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Evaluated in the present study were locations, descriptions, and results of work-related injuries (WRIs) sustained by emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics in Turkey’s most crowded city, İstanbul. METHODS: After the present study had been accepted by the urban health authority, a questionnaire was emailed to the healthcare personnel of İstanbul’s 195 ambulance stations. RESULTS: Included in the present study were the responses of 901 members of staff (660 EMTs and 241 paramedics), with a mean age of 29.5±6.1 (min: 18; max: 61). The majority of participants (94.9%) had encountered verbal abuse from the public, and 39.8% had encountered physical violence from patients’ relatives. Levels of satisfaction with work in emergency medical services (EMS) was also evaluated, and 510 participants (57.6%) were unhappy. Regarding gender, female employees were more likely to be verbally attacked (p=0.01), while males were more likely to be physically attacked (p=0.001). It was reported that motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) were the most common cause of WRIs (81.4%), followed by needle-stick injuries (52.2%), ocular exposure to blood and other fluids (30.9%), and sharp injuries (22.5%). Only 10.5% (n=95) of WRIs were reported to authorities; 488 (54.2%) of participants just attended to the practice to prevent possible WRIs. CONCLUSION: For paramedics and EMTs, risk of WRI is obviously high. Strategies to decrease and prevent verbal and physical violence should be developed. © 2016 TJTES.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/9931
https://doi.org/10.5505/tjtes.2015.94224
ISSN: 1306-696X
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