ArticleAmerican journal of preventive medicine2018
Nonfatal Injuries to Firefighters Treated in U.S. Emergency Departments, 2003-2014.
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- A Profile of Injuries Sustained by Firefighters: A Critical Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
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- Educational intervention based on health action model to promote safe behavior of hospital service workers.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Effects of a healthy lifestyle intervention and COVID-19-adjusted training curriculum on firefighter recruits.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Female Firefighter Work-Related Injuries in the United States and Canada: An Overview of Survey Responses.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Applying the Social Vulnerability Index as a Leading Indicator to Protect Fire-Based Emergency Medical Service Responders' Health.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Stress, burnout and diminished safety behaviors: An argument for Total Worker Health® approaches in the fire service.Journal of safety research · 2020Article
- Firefighter Overexertion: A Continuing Problem Found in an Analysis of Non-Fatal Injury Among Career Firefighters.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Opportunities at the intersection of work and health: Developing the occupational data for health information model.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2020Article
- Functional Performance of Firefighters After Exposure to Environmental Conditions and Exercise.Journal of athletic training · 2020Article
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Abstract
introductionSeveral studies of nonfatal firefighter injuries have been conducted but are limited by the inclusion criteria used and coverage. The aim of this study was to enhance current knowledge by providing national estimates of nonfatal injuries to firefighters treated in U.S. emergency departments.
methodsNonfatal injuries from 2003 through 2014 were extracted from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System occupational supplement (NEISS-Work). NEISS-Work captures nonfatal occupational injuries, illnesses, and exposures treated in a sample of U.S. emergency departments. Nonfatal injury rates were calculated based on NEISS-Work counts (numerator) and counts from the National Fire Protection Association (denominator). Data were analyzed from 2016 through 2017.
resultsBetween 2003 and 2014, an estimated 351,800 firefighters were treated in emergency departments for nonfatal injuries. The overall rate was 260 injuries per 10,000 firefighters. Career firefighters had an annual rate of 699 injuries per 10,000 firefighters; volunteers had a rate of 39 injuries per 10,000 firefighters. Leading injury events were fires and explosions (36%) and overexertion and bodily reactions (20%). A majority (38%) of injuries occurred during firefighting activities, 7% occurred during training, and 7% occurred during patient care. Sprains and strains accounted for the largest proportion of injuries in all three of these activities: 28% firefighting activities, 32% training, and 36% patient care.
conclusionsThe results demonstrate that nonfatal injuries for firefighters remained high throughout the study period. The predominance of sprains and strains in all firefighting activities suggests the need for additional research and prevention needs in areas of improved fitness, safer body postures and movements, and situational awareness.
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