ebola hemorrhagic fever (ehf) was first reported in 1976 with two concurrent outbreaks of acute viral hemorrhagic fever centered in yambuku (near the ebola river), democratic republic of congo, and also in nzara, sudan. the current outbreak of the ebola virus was started by reporting the first case in march 2014 in the forest regions of southeastern guinea. due to raising infection rates of ove...

Elevated blood pressure is a major risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Increased risk begins in the prehypertensive range and increases further with higher pressures. The strenuous duties of emergency responders (firefighters, police officers, and emergency medical services (EMS) personnel) can interact with their personal risk profiles, including elevated blood pressure, to...

objective: the aim of this study was to determine knowledge and attitude about emergency contraception among women using condom, coitus interruptus and rhythm methods. materials and methods: between april and september 2006, 400 women referring to the health centers in shahrekord, were evaluated. they entered the study if they were using condom, coitus interruptus or rhythm methods. a questionn...

The natural or man-made disaster demands an efficient communication and coordination among first responders to save life and other community resources. This requires the generation and exchange of current information among first responders and emergency management centers in real time for making life saving decisions. Normally, the traditional communication infrastructures such as landline or c...

OBJECTIVES We analysed near-miss and injury events reported to the National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System (NFFNMRS) to investigate the workplace hazards and safety concerns of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responders in the USA. METHODS We reviewed 769 'non-fire emergency event' reports from the NFFNMRS using a mixed methods approach. We identified 185 emergency medical calls and...

Emergency responders are often sent to the front line and are often confronted with aggression and violence in interaction with citizens. According to previous studies, some professionals experience more workplace violence than others. In this article, the theoretical framework to study variations in workplace violence against emergency responders is described. According to criminal opportunity...

Abstract Emergency response (ER) workers perform extremely demanding physical and cognitive tasks that can result in serious injuries loss of life. Human augmentation technologies have the potential to enhance work‐capacities, thereby dramatically transforming landscape ER work, reducing injury risk, improving ER, as well helping attract retain skilled workers. This opportunity has been signifi...

Emergency response (ER) workers perform extremely demanding physical and cognitive tasks that can result in serious injuries loss of life. Human augmentation technologies have the potential to enhance work-capacities, thereby dramatically transforming landscape ER work, reducing injury risk, improving ER, as well helping attract retain skilled workers. This opportunity has been significantly hi...