Exposure to Duty-Related Incident Stressors in Urban Firefighters and Paramedics

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• Personal Author:
  Beaton R ; Corneil W ; Johnson C ; Murphy S ; Pike K
• Description:
  Little is known about the variables that might be associated with posttraumatic stress symptomatology in high-risk occupational groups such as professional firefighters and paramedics. A sample of 173 urban professional firefighter/EMT's and firefighter/paramedics rated and ranked the stressfulness of 33 actual and/or potential duty-related incident stressors. They also reported whether they had experienced each of these incident stressors within the past 6 months and, if they had, to recall on how many occasions within the past 6 months. A principal components analysis of their rescaled incident stressor ratings yielded five components: Catastrophic Injury to Self or Co-worker, Gruesome Victim Incidents, Render Aid to Seriously Injured, Vulnerable Victims, Minor Injury to Self and Death & Dying Exposure. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emergencies Emergency Responders Firefighters Fires Hazardous Substances Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Emergency Responders Emergency Response Fire Fighters Fire Fighting Fire Hazards Hazardous Materials Humans Injuries Occupational Exposure Occupational Hazards Paramedical Services Risk Factors Sampling Stress Traumatic Injuries

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• ISSN:
  0894-9867
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024535
• Citation:
  J Trauma Stress 1998 Oct; 11(4):821-828
• Contact Point Address:
  Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, Box 357263, School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-7263
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington, School of Nursing, Seattle, Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19940930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Traumatic Stress
• End Date:
  19990929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:12febe0fda529213eef17e1eee72fef65b7e5077eb23737676c99c4f5655831b164502101bcc167d1c81eb57247dcdd53bdbeb0241ca1fbe9a5bd30246256dfc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/196298/cdc_196298_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 389.47 KB ]