A Preliminary Description of the Health of Women Navy Divers: An Examination of Linked Medical, Personnel, and Dive Log Data for 47 Women Divers Who Separated Between 2008 and 2018.

Introduction: Although women have always served in the U.S. Armed Forces, it has only been in the last half century that systematic examinations have been done on the health issues experienced by military women.

Occupational Injuries and Illnesses among Paramedicine Clinicians: Analyses of US Department of Labor Data (2010 - 2020).

Objective: Paramedicine clinicians (PCs) in the United States (US) respond to 40 million calls for assistance every year. Their fatality rates are high and their rates of nonfatal injuries are higher than other emergency services personnel, and much higher than the average rate for all US workers. The objectives of this paper are to: describe current occupational injuries among PCs; determine changes in risks over time; and calculate differences in risks compared to other occupational groups.

A Cohort Study of Occupational Fatalities among Paramedicine Clinicians: 2003 through 2020.

Introduction/study Objectives: Emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics respond to 40 million calls for assistance every year in the United States; these paramedicine clinicians are a critical component of the nation's health care, disaster response, public safety, and public health systems. The study objective is to identify the risks of occupational fatalities among paramedicine clinicians working in the United States.

Methods: To determine fatality rates and relative risks, this cohort study focused on 2003 through 2020 data of individuals classified as EMTs and paramedics by the United States Department of Labor (DOL).

Prescription medication use and trends for U.S. Navy submariners from 2007 to 2018.

Introduction: This is the first study to examine population medication prescription rates among U.S. submariners by common therapeutic classifications.

Health Conditions Among Navy Submariners at the End of Active Duty; A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Introduction: Maintaining healthy, well-trained, and highly qualified armed forces is critical for ensuring military readiness. The purpose of this article is to contribute to the body of research focused on the health of U.S.

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Calls During COVID-19: Early Lessons Learned for Systems Planning (A Narrative Review).

Background: Over the course of the COVID-19 progress, reports from many locations around the world indicated major increases in EMS call volume, which imposed great pressure on EMS dispatch centers (EMSDC) globally. No studies yet have been done to examine this phenomenon.

Objective: This paper examines the interrelated effects of the unprecedented global increase of EMS call, the effect of the COVID-19 crisis on responding to non-COVID-19 emergencies, and the concurrent effects of having overwhelmed dispatch centers.

Organisational interventions for preventing and minimising aggression directed towards healthcare workers by patients and patient advocates.

Background: Workplace aggression is becoming increasingly prevalent in health care, with serious consequences for both individuals and organisations. Research and development of organisational interventions to prevent and minimise workplace aggression has also increased. However, it is not known if interventions prevent or reduce occupational violence directed towards healthcare workers.

International Survey of Violence Against EMS Personnel: Physical Violence Report.

Unlabelled: IntroductionEach year, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel respond to over 30 million calls for assistance in the United States alone. These EMS personnel have a rate of occupational fatality comparable to firefighters and police, and a rate of non-fatal injuries that is higher than the rates for police and firefighters and much higher than the national average for all workers. In Australia, no occupational group has a higher injury or fatality rate than EMS personnel.

Preventing EMS workplace violence: A mixed-methods analysis of insights from assaulted medics.

Objective: To describe measures that assaulted EMS personnel believe will help prevent violence against EMS personnel.

Methods: This mixed- methods study includes a thematic analysis and directed content analysis of one survey question that asked the victims of workplace violence how the incident might have been prevented.

Results: Of 1778 survey respondents, 633 reported being assaulted in the previous 12 months; 203 of them believed the incident could have been prevented and 193 of them (95%) answered this question.

Violence against ambulance personnel: a retrospective cohort study of national data from Safe Work Australia.

Unlabelled: Objectives and importance: Paramedics have high rates of occupational injury and fatality. The objective of this study is to describe their specific risks of violence-related injury.

Study Type: This retrospective cohort study is an examination of retrospective data provided by Safe Work Australia (SWA).

Violence against emergency medical services personnel: A systematic review of the literature.

Background: Violence against emergency medical services (EMS) personnel is a growing concern. The aim of this systematic review is to synthesize the current literature on violence against EMS personnel.

Methods: We examined literature from 2000 to 2016.

Ketamine Sedation for Patients With Acute Behavioral Disturbance During Aeromedical Retrieval: A Retrospective Chart Review.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence, safety (as measured by the incidence of adverse events), and effectiveness (as measured by the incidence of intubations) of ketamine sedation in patients with acute behavioral disturbance (ABD) during air medical retrieval.

Methods: This was a retrospective observational study. Eligible patients were identified by searching the electronic databases of 2 air medical retrieval services in Queensland, Australia, for adult patients with ABD transported between January 1, 2015, and June 30, 2016.

Emergency Medical Service Personnel's Risk From Violence While Serving the Community.

Objectives: To determine the risks of violence-related injury among emergency medical services (EMS) personnel in the United States.

Methods: We analyzed 1630 violence-related occupational injury cases reported to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics for the years 2012 to 2015 and conducted secondary searches within the Bureau of Labor Statistics Web site.

Results: The number of cases per year varied between 250 and 560.

Occupational injury risk among Australian paramedics: an analysis of national data.

Objective: To identify the occupational risks for Australian paramedics, by describing the rate of injuries and fatalities and comparing those rates with other reports.

Design And Participants: Retrospective descriptive study using data provided by Safe Work Australia for the period 2000-2010. The subjects were paramedics who had been injured in the course of their duties and for whom a claim had been made for workers compensation payments.

Injuries and fatalities among emergency medical technicians and paramedics in the United States.

Introduction: Emergency medical services personnel treat 22 million patients a year, yet little is known of their risk of injury and fatality.

Problem: Work-related injury and fatality rates among US paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) are higher than the national average for all occupations.

Methods: Data collected by the Department of Labor (DOL) Bureau of Labor Statistics were reviewed to identify injuries and fatalities among EMTs and paramedics from 2003 through 2007.

Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization prevalence among Emergency Medical Services personnel.

Introduction: The prevalence of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal colonization among Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel is not well studied. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization can be a health hazard for both EMS personnel and patients. The aim of this study was to quantify the prevalence of MRSA colonization among EMS personnel.

Transportation-related injuries and fatalities among emergency medical technicians and paramedics.

Introduction: This is the first study using national data to evaluate transportation risks among emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics (to be referred to hereafter as "EMTs") in the United States.

Hypothesis: This epidemiological study compares the transportation risks for EMTs to the transportation risks for all workers in the US.

Methods: The rates, relative risks, and proportions associated with the 1,050 injury cases with lost work days, and 30 fatalities resulting from transportation incidents occurring to EMTs in the US between 2006 and 2008 are described.

Epidemic and bioterrorism preparation among emergency medical services systems.

Introduction: The purpose of this research was to determine the preparedness of emergency medical services (EMS) agencies in one US state to cope with a massive epidemic event.

Methods: Data were collected primarily through telephone interviews with EMS officials throughout the State. To provide a comparison, nine out-of-state emergency services agencies were invited to participate.

Occupational injuries among emergency medical services personnel.

Background: Emergency medical services (EMS) personnel treat 22 million patients a year in the United States, yet little is known of their injury risks.

Objectives: To describe the epidemiology of occupational injuries among EMS personnel, calculate injury rates, and compare the findings with those for other occupational groups.

Methods: This was a retrospective review of injury records kept by two urban agencies.

Variables influencing medical usage rates, injury patterns, and levels of care for mass gatherings.

Objectives: Mass gatherings create difficult environments for which to plan emergency medical responses. The purpose of this study was to identify those variables that are associated with increased medical usage rates (MURs) and certain injury patterns that can be used to facilitate the planning process.

Methods: Patient information collected at three types of mass gatherings (professional American football and baseball games and rock concerts) over a three-year period was reviewed retrospectively.

Mass-gathering medical care: a review of the literature.

Unlabelled: Mass-gatherings events provide a difficult setting for which to plan an appropriate emergency medical response. Many of the variables that affect the level and types of medical needs, have not been fully researched. This review examines these variables.

Occupational fatalities in emergency medical services: a hidden crisis.

Study Objective: We estimate the occupational fatality rate among emergency medical services (EMS) personnel in the United States.

Methods: We undertook descriptive epidemiology of occupational fatalities among EMS providers. Analysis was conducted by using data from 3 independent fatality databases: the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (1992 to 1997), the National EMS Memorial Service (1992 to 1997), and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (1994 to 1997).