The Meaning of “Functions” in s.1(1) of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018: Campbell v CPS [2020] EWHC 3868 (Admin)

Working as healthcare workers (HCWs) and emergency workers (EWs) during the first wave of COVID-19 has been associated with high levels of stress and burnout, while hardiness, coping strategies and resilience have emerged as protective factors. No studies have so far investigated these psychological factors during the second wave. We aimed to verify the trend of stress levels, burnout, coping strategies and resilience during the pandemic in Italian healthcare and emergency workers by comparing a first sample recruited from the first COVID-19 wave (N = 240) with a second sample relating to the second wave (N = 260). Through an online platform we administered questionnaires to measure stress, burnout, resilience, hardiness and coping strategies. The results showed that in the two waves the total stress levels of HCWs and EWs did not differ, while the physical stress and hardiness scores in the second wave were greater. No differences were found in the coping strategies used. An analysis of burnout levels in the second wave sample found that stress showed a high predictive power in the emotional exhaustion and depersonalization scales. Hardiness and resilience emerged as protective factors in reducing stress. The implications for the need to provide support and to improve hardiness for HCWs and EWs are discussed.

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Governmental Re-evaluation of the Committed Effective Dose Received by Emergency Workers at the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi NPP Accident

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene ◽

10.1080/15459624.2014.989364 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 12 (5) ◽

pp. D60-D70 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Shojiro Yasui

Keyword(s):

Effective Dose ◽

Emergency Workers ◽

Fukushima Daiichi ◽

Committed Effective Dose

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Unique Job Roles and Mental Health Risk Factors Among Emergency Dispatchers

Advances in Psychology, Mental Health, and Behavioral Studies - Mental Health Intervention and Treatment of First Responders and Emergency Workers ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-9803-9.ch004 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 49-62

Author(s):

Isabel Gardett ◽

Edward Trefts ◽

Christopher Olola ◽

Greg Scott

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Emergency Services ◽

First Responders ◽

Health Concerns ◽

Job Roles ◽

Roles And Responsibilities ◽

Emergency Workers ◽

Police Dispatchers ◽

Safety Systems ◽

Emergency Dispatchers

Emergency medical, fire, and police dispatchers are often called the first, first responders. Working in emergency communication centers, they are the first point of contact with medical, fire, and law enforcement resources and the first point of access to public health and public safety systems for millions of callers each year. Emergency dispatchers face unique risks to their mental health, and the roles and responsibilities specific to their work produce stressors not synonymous with those encountered by other first responders and emergency workers. Yet relatively little research has been done to understand the specific mental health concerns of this vital and often overlooked segment of the emergency services profession. The aim of this chapter is to provide an overview of the job-specific tasks and work characteristics that make the emergency dispatcher's job qualitatively different from the jobs of other emergency workers and first responders, then discuss the unique mental health risks associated with their work.

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ALARM: Telemedical Concepts and Innovative Information Technology Solutions to Support Emergency Workers and Services during Responses to Large-Scale Emergencies

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine ◽

10.1017/s1049023x00022548 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 25 (S1) ◽

pp. S33-S34

Author(s):

Martin Schultz ◽

Christine Carius-Duessel ◽

Juliane Rau ◽

Anja Prescher ◽

Torsten Schroeder

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Large Scale ◽

Emergency Workers

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Scenario Development for Nuclear Emergency Decision Deduction Training Platform for Radiographers in Developing Countries: Case Study, Ghana

Volume 1: Beyond Design Basis; Codes and Standards; Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD); Decontamination and Decommissioning; Nuclear Fuel and Engineering; Nuclear Plant Engineering ◽

10.1115/icone2020-16016 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Priscilla Obeng Oforiwaa ◽

Liang Manchun ◽

Su Guofeng ◽

Li Ke

Keyword(s):

Real Life ◽

Nuclear Industry ◽

Scenario Development ◽

Nuclear Terrorism ◽

Scenario Design ◽

Emergency Workers ◽

Nuclear Security ◽

Emergency Decision ◽

Mining Exploration

Abstract Nuclear Radiological accident is of great threat to the Nuclear Agency aside nuclear terrorism. In countries with little or no major nuclear infrastructural facilities, it is of great importance to educate stakeholders and employees in the handling and emergency decision involved in the usage of these radionuclides, thus training on this platform gives the maximum and technical know-how in cases where it is difficult to procure types of equipment needed for such educational exercise in real life. Ghana is a country that seeks to increase the use of nuclear technological applications. Sealed Radioactive Sources are used in Ghana for research, Agriculture, mining exploration and brachytherapy. Operators need to train immensely in the handling of these sources. The NEDDTP is a software system to help conduct training and emergency exercises simulation. The NEDDTP is developed by the China Nuclear Security center of excellence with the aim of performing the simulation and training of radiographers and emergency workers in the nuclear industry. This training platform gives a 3D real-life training scenarios, emergency simulation, command and dispatch, Process record and evaluation in exercise with virtual reality display for radiological worker. This paper elaborates on the process for scenario design, types of scenario development for different types of radiological accidents and the stages involved in training with these scenarios.

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Does employment in high risk professions relating to firefighters and emergency workers cause injuries that requires long hospitalization?

Journal of Hospital Administration ◽

10.5430/jha.v3n2p1 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Hrvoje Lalić ◽

Iva Kruljac

Keyword(s):

Physical Therapy ◽

High Risk ◽

Sick Leave ◽

Medical Care ◽

Injury Prevention ◽

Prevention Programs ◽

Injured Workers ◽

Hospital System ◽

Emergency Workers ◽

The Difference

Firefighters and emergency workers are exposed to increased injury risks. The objective of the paper was to find out if such activities cause injuries that require long hospitalization. The files of 137 firefighters in Littoral Mountainous County, Croatia, were examined as well as those of 120 emergency workers in the last decade. The results have shown that on average firefighters were treated in hospitals 1.33 days, and emergency workers 0.018 days, p = .019, p < .05. The firefighters’ sick leave was longer, with a mean 63.91 days compared to emergency workers sick leave mean 22.90 days, but if two firefighters on long sick leave were excluded, the difference between two groups was not significant, p = .256, p > .05. While these injuries result in short hospitalizations time the sick leave time takes longer and requires extensive outpatient physical therapy that burden hospital system. Overall, the amount of medical care time to return these injured workers to duty is large, there is necessity of implementing innovative injury prevention programs.

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