The Present Research was conducted to assess the Personality traits and Risk taking attitude among Firefighters of Rescue Service. The sample consisted of 63firefighters from rescue service of Lahore and Sialkot through purposive sampling technique. The NEO-FFI personality inventory (Costa & McCrae, 2010) and Risk taking attitude survey scale (Stehman, 2012) was administered on all the participants. The correlation analysis, anova and independent sample t-test was applied to find out the statistical significance of the results. The results indicates that there are 31 firefighters having high score on risk taking attitude, 10 firefighters have normal risk taking attitude and 22 have low risk taking attitude. The lowest score on risk taking attitude is 21 and highest score on risk taking attitude is 55. The firefighters have common personality type’s extroverted, openness and conscientiousness. The result indicates that newly inducted or less experience firefighters has high risk taking attitude as compared to experienced firefighters. The firefighters of Lahore rescue service have high risk taking attitude as compared to Sialkot. The research is found that personality and risk taking attitude plays strong role in firefighters of rescue service.
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE: Road traffic accidents are the ninth leading cause of death worldwide, contributing significantly to global disease burden. Emergency Medical services(EMS) play a role in minimizing the morbidity and mortality. Our objective was to determine the characteristics of injury pattern and causes encountered in Road Traffic crashes (RTCs) managed by 1122 in Faisalabad Pakistan andto access the outcome of these accidents. METHODOLOGY: All Road Traffic crashes and victims in Faisalabad city of Pakistan which were initially managed by Rescue 1122 between 2016 to 2019 were included in the study. Total sample size was 101995. It is descriptive cross-sectional study which includes patients of different ages, sex and motor-vehicles accidents having different injury sites. RESULTS: During the study period there were total 101995 RTCs victims to whom emergency medical services (EMS) were provided. Gender wise 80.73% male victims and 19.27% female victims. Major age groups were between 21-30 years (25.917%). The major risk factors of accidents were over-speeding (56.8%) followed by carelessness (18.32%), wrong turn (8.69%) , u-turn(5.84%) , one wheeling(0.008%), tyre burst (0.117%) and others(10.14%). The injuries frequently encountered are minor which accounts for (44.68%), Single fracture (23.25%), Multiple fracture (16.62%), Head injury (12.40%) and Spinal injury(3.03%). Outcome of RTCs in our study was alive & unstable (54.47%), alive & stable (44.7%) and dead (0.83%). CONCLUSION: This study showed that Road Traffic Accident are the major public health problem in our society and contributes markedly to high morbidity and mortality. Urgent Preventive measures including community education should be established to reduce the risk of their outcome.
Pakistan has established field hospital for triage the patients and responded 12625 corona patients for shifting to hospitals and quarantine centers followed by 1838 corona burials. During field operation more than 70 rescuers were also infected, this study explores the factors which were contributed for early recovery. Method: This survey/field study was carried out among the COVID-19 infected operational staff from February, 2020 to August, 2020 during the first active wave in the country. During this survey 40 rescuers were interviewed by structured questionnaire and the obtained responses were analyzed. Result: Out of total 40 rescuers, all were male. The median age was 26-35 years (80%). Among the infected rescuers 95% did not have any pre-existing co-morbidities. The most common symptoms were Highest Temperature (75%), Sore Throat (75%), Cough (68%), psycho-social factor i.e. Positive behavior (95%), exercise (27%), prayer (57%), learned skills (85%), professional knowledge (82.5%) and peer support (70%) were contributed. Conclusion: Organizational knowledge and skills along with other psychosocial factors like peer support, positive behavior have contributed for early recovery of the Rescuers.
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), declared as a pandemic in March 2020, is an acute respiratory tract illness caused by coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) with clinical manifestations ranging from mild upper respiratory tract symptoms to severe pneumonia. Objectives: To determine the disease spectrum of Covid-19 in a cohort with a travel history from Iran. Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional study with a retrospective collection of data was conducted at Agha Khan University, Karachi from 15th March to 19th April 2020. One hundred and fifty-five laboratory-confirmed cases of Covid-19 were recruited from a government quarantine facility. Data were obtained from the Punjab Emergency Services (Rescue 1122) database where a record of SARS-CoV-2 positive cases and quarantined persons is maintained. Study subjects with a travel history to Iran were contacted by telephone to obtain information about demographics, symptoms, and co-morbid conditions. SPSS version 24 was used to analyze the data. Frequencies and percentages were calculated. Results: Among the returning travelers, 213 had laboratory-confirmed Covid-19, out of which 155 were included in this study. 56.1% were males with a mean age of 40 years. Among the study participants, 91.6% remained asymptomatic throughout the stay, while 8.4 % became symptomatic. 77.5% of the participants had received BCG vaccination in childhood. Among symptomatic cases 15.4% had asthma and 7.7% had hypertension. The most common clinical manifestation was cough which was present in 38.5% of the study participants. None died among the study participants. Conclusion: A mild presentation of COVID-19 was seen in our study participants with 91.6% among them being asymptomatic, while 8.4% were symptomatic. There was a high positivity rate in males as compared to females.
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