Emergency Medicine: Open Access
Open Access
ISSN: 2165-7548
ISSN: 2165-7548
Naif Mohammad M Harthi
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
Review Article
The Prevalence of Work-related Injuries and Exposures amongst Paramedics and Emergency Medical Technicians: A Literature Review
Author(s): Naif Mohammad M Harthi and Pauline RachmanNaif Mohammad M Harthi and Pauline Rachman
Objectives: To identify work-related injuries and exposures amongst paramedics and emergency medical technicians, along with their consequences, injury events, and the factors that cause them.Methods: A computerised online literature search for papers published on or after 2013 was conducted on the following databases: AMED, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Delphis, NIHR Journals Library, ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I: Health & Medicine, and Science Direct, using the following keywords and their synonyms: ‘prehospital staff’, ‘work-related injuries’ and ‘prehospital settings’. 1557 studies were identified and reviewed. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were then applied to leave a total of fifteen papers, from which seven duplicates were then removed.The final set of eight papers were appraised .. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2165-7548.1000388