Occupational Health Hazards among Workers in Ambulance Center | ||
| Journal of Nursing Science Benha University | ||
| Article 26, Volume 3, Issue 2, July 2022, Pages 383-397 PDF (1.67 M) | ||
| Document Type: Scientific peer reviewed journal | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jnsbu.2022.244495 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hanan Fawzy Eldesouky* 1; Hala Mostafa El Hady Hashim2; Hedya Fathy Mohy El-Deen3; Taisser Hamido Abosree3 | ||
| 1Nursing Specialist in Fever Hospital, Benha city, Egypt | ||
| 2Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine- Benha University, Egypt | ||
| 3Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing- Benha University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Ambulance work had a variety of biological, chemical, physical, an ergonomic and psychological hazard that cause dangers to workers during work. Aim of study: Was to assess the occupational health hazards among workers in Ambulance Center. Research Design: A descriptive research design was utilized to conduct this study. Setting: This study was conducted at Ambulance Center in Benha City, Qalyubia Governorate. The work in Ambulance Center was for 24hour shift/ day for 2days/ week. Sample: Convenient sample was used in this study for workers who attended at previous setting. The total number of ambulance vehicles was 15 ambulance vehicles distributed all over Benha City and its surroundings and it contained 100 ambulance workers.Tools of data collection: One tool was used: An structured interviewing questionnaire which consisted of four parts to assess workers’ demographic characteristics and work experience, health problem of workers, knowledge about occupational health hazards and reported practices regarding preventive measures). Results: 40.0 % of studied workers their age were from 31 years to 40 years with mean age was 39.78±8.19, 74.0% of studied workers worked for 72 hours / week at Ambulance Center, 62.0% of them had muscle strain from Musculoskeletal system injuries as past medical history at last 6 months and 88.0% of them had fatigue as present medical history, 70%of them had good total knowledge scores related to occupational health hazards and 68.0% of studied workers had satisfactory practices regarding prevention of occupational health hazard. Conclusion: Less than one third of studied ambulance workers had average total knowledge scores regarding occupational hazards. More than two thirds of studied ambulance workers had satisfactory practices regarding prevention of occupational health hazards. There were highly statistically significant relations between the studied ambulance workers' total practices scores and their total knowledge scores. Recommendations: Developed and implemented training program for ambulance workers to improve their knowledge and practices toward prevention of occupational health hazards. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Key words: Ambulance Center; Occupational Health Hazards; Workers | ||
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