Ocupational hazards in a mobile emergency care

Costa, Isabel de Sá Affonso da; Liberato, Samilly Márjore Dantas; Costa, Isabelle Katherinne Fernandes; Melo, Marjorie; Simpson, Clélia Albino; Farias, Glaucea

doi:10.9789/2175-5361.2014v6n3p938

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“…A significant association for the physical aggressions suffered during work was identified with occupational risks: work overload, stress, physical exhaustion, mental exhaustion and inadequate physical arrangement. Tension and stress during pre-hospital care usually occur in critically ill, psychiatric and aggressive patients (16) . Physical aggression among workers in the pre-hospital environment is a characteristic with increasing frequency, as pointed out by a study (7) with 300 records of serious accidents which had interpersonal aggression as the main injury mechanism, representing 62% of the analyzed cases.…”

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“…This fact is related to the difficulties faced in traffic, and above all to disrespect to traffic laws and holes in the roads, factors which trigger stress and irritation among workers while providing assistance (19) . Furthermore, the work at SAMU exposes workers to occupational risks such as tension and stress, mainly triggered by traffic and the siren noise (16) , as well as the population's incomprehension about the need for rapid ambulance movement, generating accidents (7) . It is noteworthy that traffic accidents involving ambulances and other vehicles are considered frequent in labor practice; one study (14) shows the involvement of 81.4% of 901 records of work accidents in at least one accident of this nature.…”

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Acidentes de trabalho e os riscos ocupacionais identificados no Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência

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Carvalho

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RESUMO Objetivo Analisar a ocorrência de acidentes de trabalho entre trabalhadores do Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência e a associação com os riscos ocupacionais identificados. Método Estudo quantitativo, exploratório, descritivo e transversal, realizado com trabalhadores, entre janeiro de 2016 e novembro de 2017, por meio de um instrumento online, no Rio Grande do Sul. Resultados Participaram 265 trabalhadores. Verificou-se associação significativa entre ocorrência de acidente de trabalho e categoria profissional (p=0,041); ocorrência de acidente de trabalho e a mesorregião (p=0,015). Nas associações significativas entre a ocorrência de acidentes de trabalho e os riscos ocupacionais, destacaram-se os acidentes com perfurocortantes, agressão física, mordida de animal, agressão verbal, acidente de trânsito no deslocamento e quedas. Assim como, a associação significativa entre a ocorrência de acidente de trabalho e os afastamentos do trabalho (p=0,000). Conclusão As ocorrências de acidentes de trabalho durante as atividades no serviço pré-hospitalar estão relacionadas à categoria profissional dos trabalhadores, mesorregião de atuação, afastamentos do trabalho e a exposição dos trabalhadores a distintos riscos ocupacionais.

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confidence: 99%

Acidentes de trabalho e os riscos ocupacionais identificados no Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência

Goulart

Rocha

Carvalho

et al. 2020

Rev. esc. enferm. USP

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“…The reality of work is not just about care itself through the difficult access to victims, the insecurity in the place of occurrence and the need for assistance inside the vehicle. This reality also refers to the places where assistance should be provided, whether under unfavorable climatic or environmental conditions, public commotion, aggressive people, intense flow of people and vehicles, among other situations (21) .…”

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“…Participants reported as difficulties the lack of ambulances to develop their activities, either by scrapping or not delivering new vehicles to complete the fleet (31) . In other Brazilian states, studies highlighted as difficulties in the work process: lack of adequate structure (32) , lack of materials, precariousness of the physical space/housing of the team, and lack of human resources (21,(33)(34)(35) ; occupational risk related to traffic accident (34) .…”

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Work weaknesses and potentials: perception of mobile emergency service nurses

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Objectives: to know nurses’ perceptions about their work process in a Mobile Emergency Care Service. Methods: qualitative study conducted with 12 nurses whose speeches were submitted to Content Analysis. Results: there are weaknesses related to overload of activities, numerous functions, indirect supervision, risk situations, difficulties in relationship with hospitals, lack of vehicles and professionals, inappropriate places to provide care and lack of knowledge of the population about urgent and emergency care. Potentials were associated with effective interpersonal relationships, continuing training, security when arriving at the place of care, care protocol and taste for what you do. Final Considerations: the identified weaknesses need to be noted by managers and nurses. Thus, they would seek to establish actions to diminish them and maximize potentials, which could improve patient care as well as reduce occupational risks and, in turn, promote workers’ well-being.

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“…A similar study addressing 162 workers also verified a higher number of men (74.7%), aged between 31 and 40, while most were drivers (46.3%), followed by nursing technicians (33.9%), physicians (13.0%), and nurses (6.8%). 7 Attention is paid to the participants' professions because most of the SAMU ambulances provide basic life support, which requires a driver and a nursing technician. 4 The workers more frequently reported the following occupational risks in pre-hospital settings: exposure to contaminated secretion/excretion; exposure to blood; lifting and carrying heavy loads; exposure to bacteria; having contact and handling hygienization products; contact with medications and solutions; exposure to viruses; intense physical effort; working night shifts and according to rotational shiftwork.…”

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Risk Perception Among Workers With Previous Occupational Accidents in Pre-Hospital Settings

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Rocha

Carvalho

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Objective: to identify the risk perception of workers with previous occupational accidents in Mobile Emergency Care Services. Method: this quantitative and analytical study with a cross-sectional design was conducted with 265 professionals working in pre-hospital settings from 57 cities in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. An online questionnaire addressed sociodemographic characteristics, previous occupational accidents and the workers’ occupational risk perceptions rated on a five-point Likert scale. The analysis included descriptive statistics, mean, standard deviation, median, and associations were verified using the Mann-Whitney test; the level of significance was established at p<0.05. Results: the occupational risks the workers more frequently reported were: exposure to blood (4.43); exposure to contaminated secretion/excretion (4.36); contact and handling of hygienization products (4.28); exposure to bacteria (4.25); lifting and transporting heavy loads (4.25); and exposure to viruses (4.23). A significant association was found between the risk perception of workers with previous occupational accidents and chemical (p=0.001), physical (p=0.006), ergonomic or psychological (p=0.000) risks, and accidents (p=0.000). Conclusion: association between the risk perception of workers who had previously experienced occupational accidents was significant, suggesting that workers may not identify or trivialize risks before they experience an accident. Therefore, actions are needed to encourage changes in behavior so that workers identify risks and prevent occupational accidents, such as adopting personal and collective protective equipment and improving the work conditions in pre-hospital settings.

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Ocupational hazards in a mobile emergency care

Abstract: Riscos ocupacionais em um serviço de atendimento móvel de urgência Ocupational hazards in a mobile emergency care Riesgos laborales en un servicio móvil de urgencia

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Acidentes de trabalho e os riscos ocupacionais identificados no Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência

Acidentes de trabalho e os riscos ocupacionais identificados no Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência

Work weaknesses and potentials: perception of mobile emergency service nurses

Risk Perception Among Workers With Previous Occupational Accidents in Pre-Hospital Settings

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