Journal article
Occupational injuries among emergency medical service providers in the United States
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, Vol.51(8), pp.963-968
08/2009
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181af6b76
PMID: 19620888
Abstract
Occupational injury is a significant problem among emergency medical services (EMS) providers. A national survey was conducted to describe the problem of occupational injury among EMS providers.
This study examined the most common types of nonfatal injuries and the activities and environments where injury most frequently occurred, including additional variables and paid versus volunteer status.
Occupational injury in the past 12 months was reported by more than 29% of 659 survey respondents, with multiple injuries reported by 64% of those reporting an injury. Paid providers had approximately twice the prevalence of overall injury than volunteer providers, controlling for age and gender. Paid providers were more likely than volunteer providers to experience back injury and physical assault.
This study clearly identifies important occupational injury problems in EMS, including the need to examine paid and volunteer providers as separate occupational groups.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Occupational injuries among emergency medical service providers in the United States
- Creators
- Rebecca Heick - Walden University, Minneapolis, Minn, USATracy YoungCorinne Peek-Asa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, Vol.51(8), pp.963-968
- DOI
- 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181af6b76
- PMID
- 19620888
- NLM abbreviation
- J Occup Environ Med
- ISSN
- 1076-2752
- eISSN
- 1536-5948
- Publisher
- United States
- Grant note
- T42/CCT717547 / PHS HHS CCR703640 / PHS HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/2009
- Academic Unit
- Public Health Administration; Occupational and Environmental Health; Epidemiology; Nursing; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9983997476002771
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