Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HHE Report No. 2018-0015b: Interim Report: Evaluation of Occupational Exposures to Opioids, Mental Health Symptoms, Exposure to Traumatic Events, and Job Stress in a City Fire Department

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• Personal Author:
  Broadwater, Kendra R. ; Chiu, Sophia ; Li, Jessica F. ; Wiegand, Douglas M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Health Hazard Evaluation (HHE) Program received a request for an evaluation from a city in Ohio. The request concerned possible unintentional exposure to opioids among police officers and fire fighters during first responder activities. As one part of the overall HHE request, city and fire department officials were concerned about how responding to the opioid epidemic might affect the mental health of fire fighters, who also provide emergency medical services for the city. We invited all on-duty fire fighters during our visits to fire stations to complete an anonymous written questionnaire in May 2018. The questionnaire included questions about potential exposure to opioids, personal protective equipment availability and use, health effects related to opioid exposure, job stress and potentially traumatic events related to opioid overdose responses, and mental health symptoms and perceived stigma, barriers, and use of resources for coping with stress and mental health symptoms. This interim report summarizes questionnaire responses.
• Subjects:
  Emergency Responders Firefighters Fires Law Enforcement Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Drugs Emergency Medical Services Emergency Medical Services Workers Emergency Medical Technician Emergency Responders EMS EMT Fentanyl Fire Fighter Fire Fighters Fire Protection Heroin Illicit Drug Job Stress Law Enforcement Officer LEO Mental Health Mental Stress Opioid Police Officers Psychological Effects Psychological Reactions Psychological Responses Psychological Stress Trauma

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE20180015b
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  39 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  de Perio, Marie ; Giglio, Denise ; Gomez, Guadalupe ; Grimes, Reed ; Hamilton, Cheryl ; Morano, Laurel H. ; Lawson, Sean ; Luckhaupt, Sara ; Siegel, Miriam ; Tapp, Loren ; Tyrawski, Jennifer ; Watts, Shawna
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20055787
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2019-100815
• Citation:
  NIOSH [2019]. Interim report: evaluation of occupational exposures to opioids, mental health symptoms, exposure to traumatic events, and job stress in a city fire department. By Chiu S, Wiegand DM, Broadwater K, Li JF. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Health Hazard Evaluation Interim Report 2018-0015b,
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  922160 - Fire Protection - (NAICS)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:63b00adee586a5ca5ebd7c9ea5592e9b9b6d834d3eee82f22a1530e38a939803b51ddb6f6eab42b5cc69333a93377b456c9387c84f59d7741e1abf74b72c4099
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172341/cdc_172341_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 452.58 KB ]