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Occupational Safety and Health Evaluations in Emergency Medical Response Services

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  • KV
  • Kumar Sharma
  • Thamminaina
  • Rout

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Saving lives in an emergency depends much on Emergency medical response services (EMRS). These offerings, but, function in dangerous places wherein rescue professionals run several dangers during their employment. The number one goal of this take a look at is to investigate the occupational safety and health (OSH) rules of emergency scientific response services in order to become aware of risks, assess present safety measures, and propose way of creating them more secure and healthier for workers. Closely analysing modern safety policies, risk elements, and incident reports enabled one to decide how well they averted mistakes and accidents. Questionnaires and interviews with emergency clinical experts also were used to examine extra about their reports, protection issues, and challenges they've seeking to preserve themselves secure while administering care below quite a few stress. The results expose numerous important risk factors: physical stress, infectious diseases, toxic chemicals, and mental health problems including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Many emergency responders lack the required tools, training, and support systems; hence even although their jobs are quite important, many of them are not suited for these threats. The study stresses the need of a comprehensive OSH system involving not only physical safety precautions but also mental health help to empower people and improve their general well-being. Among the several key recommendations are to upgrade training courses, provide modern safety gear to employees, provide mental health tools, and promote a culture of safety whereby everyone participates in risk management strategies. By demonstrating how better Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) procedures may make responders safer, reduce accidents at work, and finally enhance the quality of emergency medical treatment for everyone, this study advances our knowledge of emergency medical services. These findings indicate a consistent strategy for safety that takes mental health into account in addition to physical one. This would increase the productivity and safety in the workplace.

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Handle: RePEc:dbk:health:v:2:y:2023:i::p:300:id:300
DOI: 10.56294/hl2023300
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