PMID- 27193981
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20161219
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1307-7945 (Electronic)
IS  - 1306-696X (Linking)
VI  - 22
IP  - 2
DP  - 2016 Mar
TI  - Work-related injuries sustained by emergency medical technicians and paramedics 
      in Turkey.
PG  - 145-9
LID - 10.5505/tjtes.2015.94224 [doi]
AB  - 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, Istanbul. 
      METHODS: After the present study had been accepted by the urban health authority, 
      a questionnaire was emailed to the healthcare personnel of Istanbul'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.
FAU - Gulen, Bedia
AU  - Gulen B
AD  - Department of Emergency Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University Faculty of Medicine, 
      Istanbul-Turkey. drbediagulen@yahoo.com.
FAU - Serinken, Mustafa
AU  - Serinken M
AD  - Department of Emergency Medicine, Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine, 
      Denizli-Turkey.
FAU - Hatipoglu, Celile
AU  - Hatipoglu C
AD  - Department of Public Health, Rize Provincial Directorate of Public Health, 
      Rize-Turkey.
FAU - Ozasir, Derya
AU  - Ozasir D
AD  - Health Directorate of Istanbul, Emergency and Disaster Medical Services, 
      Istanbul-Turkey.
FAU - Sonmez, Ertan
AU  - Sonmez E
AD  - Department of Emergency Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University Faculty of Medicine, 
      Istanbul-Turkey.
FAU - Kaya, Gokhan
AU  - Kaya G
AD  - Department of Emergency Medicine, Antalya Training and Research Hospital, 
      Antalya-Turkey.
FAU - Akpinar, Guleser
AU  - Akpinar G
AD  - Department of Emergency Medicine, Sisli Training and Research Hospital, 
      Istanbul-Turkey.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Turkey
TA  - Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg
JT  - Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency 
      surgery : TJTES
JID - 101274231
SB  - IM
MH  - Accidents, Traffic
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Allied Health Personnel/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Emergency Medical Services/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Emergency Medical Technicians/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Occupational Injuries/*epidemiology/prevention & control
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Turkey/epidemiology
MH  - Urban Population
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2016/05/20 06:00
MHDA- 2016/12/20 06:00
CRDT- 2016/05/20 06:00
PHST- 2016/05/20 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/05/20 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/12/20 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.5505/tjtes.2015.94224 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2016 Mar;22(2):145-9. doi: 
      10.5505/tjtes.2015.94224.