Develops A Long Term Measurable Accident And Injury Intervention Case Study

Every year, there are over 400,000 smoking-related deaths in the United States. A large percentage of these are due to lung cancer, whose leading cause is smoking. However, not all deaths are smokers themselves. Anyone in the vicinity can fall victim to second hand smoke. These people, through no action of their own, can have their lives threatened.

In 1987, Van Mechelen (1) proposed a "sequence of injury prevention" framework. In 2008 Van Tiggelen (2) also introduced a framework concerning the evaluation of preventive measure, using 4 stages of evaluation. Both frameworks are used within this article for the application of the following steps (figure1).

According the agency of the Department of Homeland Security states that motor vehicles crashes are the leading cause of death for an on-line duty fireman. Other significant causes of death are: caught/trapped (10%), fall (5%), collapse (3%), and other (7%). Intentions of firefighters are to make the community safe as possible, but we the people need to think twice before we do anything else when dealing with fire. The other things that it 's a national problem for firefighters is not wearing their seat belts when driving out to an emergency. They are so focused on saving our lives when first it 's supposed to be the opposite, their safety is first, but firemen put their lives at risk.

The current hot topic in the fire service is cancer. As the advocate for cancer prevention in my department I work diligently to educate my organization about ways to reduce the likelihood of developing cancer. Every shift I witness firefighters failing to protect themselves against this frightening disease. The threat

For years if not decades, firefighters have responded to a reported structure fire that turned out to be a fully involved single room. This fire scenario requires a core set of fire tactics and skills to control and extinguished the fire, but is it this simple? Perhaps twenty years it may have been, but new dangers are lurking in every scenario and may have detrimental outcomes for unsuspecting and unaware firefighters and victims. The National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) agency along with the Underwriters Laboratory (UL) have been conducting research to understand fire behavior and fire dynamics. This research is providing firefighters with new information about how and why

Individuals who sustain injuries during a motor vehicle accident, while at work or due to a slip and fall should seek medical treatment as soon as possible. Neglecting to receive prompt medical care could lead to additional problems, including a lifetime of chronic pain. Furthermore, if an individual neglects to seek treatment within a certain timeframe following an accident, he or she may lose the ability to pursue compensation for the injuries sustained in the accident.

It is thought that exposure to this dust through the lungs and skin has contributed to the asthma, gastrointestinal problems, and possibly the increased cancer risk experienced by rescue workers, especially those who were on the site immediately after the attack. Rescue workers continue to struggle with respiratory illness, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and many of them may be at increased risk for developing a number of cancers. The planes were fueled with 24,000 gallons of fuel that spread to 100,000 and 230,000 gallons in diesel oil in the buildings feeling them up with toxic pile of ash. Many of these toxins that the 9/11 first hand responders were exposed to were asbestos which refer to a set of six naturally occurring fibrous minerals that have six primary sub classification chrysotile, crocidolite, amanita, anthophylite, tremollile and achitone. The minerals that the first responders were exposed to could cause mesothelioma cancer. Those from the cite have a 32 percent more likely to have numerous of cancers. 14 years after the 9/11 70,000 patients enrolled in the W.I.C and 21,000 of them are getting treatment and many health programs were created in

The Hosking and colleagues 2011 article “A life course approach to injury prevention: a “lens and telescope” conceptual model” examines the prospect of extending common injury concepts (Haddon Matrix) by integrating ecological (lens) and life course (telescope) models into injury research. The paper delineates how the “lens and telescope” models would urge looking beyond proximal influences to injury to more distal, but equally important potential contributing factors. Given the main tenets of life course and ecological theories are time and context, an injury would not merely be considered as an incident influenced by distinct events. Rather, the injury would be as a result of a lifetime (and previous lifetimes) of contributing factors. For example, an injury caused by a car accident is not merely influenced by speed, but by behavior modeling and the individual’s access to resources based upon socio economic status.

becoming a firefighter you have the risk of being burned so athletes should also know the risks.

Throughout the history of Emergency Services men have dominated the profession and held the rank of officer. Many have nicknamed it the good old boys club. Traditionally women have had difficulty not only gaining access to the profession but also climbing the ladder. The International Association of Women in Fire and Emergency Services published a report titled “A National Report Card on Women in Firefighting” in 2008. This report was based off of a census that was conducted in the 2000 which revealed that women made up only 3.7% of first-level firefighters and just 2.9% were first-level supervisors. The study went on to show that three and a half times the percentage hold positions that are not frontline such as fire inspector or fire investigator

developing lung cancer by 20 to 30 percent. From these facts it’s easy to say

Under the current OSHA recordkeeping regulation 29 CFR 1904, employers are required to maintain an accurate record of workplace injuries and illnesses. Information contained in these records is important in helping OSHA identify workplace hazards and implementing protections to reduce risks within the workplace.1 Recording and reporting a work-related injury “does not mean that the employer or employee was at fault ” or that an OSHA rule has been violated.2 It is simply meant to inform OSHA, employers, and employees of potential hazards. Exceptions to this rule include employers with fewer than 10 full time employees and some low-risk industries such as retail, finance, insurance or real-estate.1 However, all employers must report incidents leading to a fatality or the hospitalization of three or more employees.3 A proposed rule amends 29 CFR 1904.41 to add three new electronic reporting methods. The comment period for this proposed rule expired on October 14, 2014 and is now in the final stages of the rule-making process.

As currently he works in skilled nursing facilities, he provides consultation to his geriatric patients and their family. Mr. Yagnesh provide reference of Scott (2007) and explain that the geriatric patients are more prone to the fall risk and as a therapist the consultation for the fall risk management is the most safety tool. There are many validated assessment tools have been developed to determine fall risks for elderly people as per reference he mention earlier. He mentions that during his carrier, he found that half of the frail elderly could not complete physical performance tests such as the functional reach test or tandem walk test. So He mostly looking for appropriate screening tools for individuals are needed. In some of the cases,

The most physically painful event I’ve endured was when I got into a car accident. Bare with me because I don't remember much of what happened since this was 7 years ago. I was in the passenger seat and we were going 45-50 mph. Luckily, I had just put on a seatbelt only moments before the accident or else I would've flew out the car front window and died. I don’t know what happened for sure, but I hit my head on the dashboard and my head pretty much jolted when the breaks were stomped on. The airbag in the passenger seat wasn't even on. At first, I didn't pay any mind to the pain. It was whatever for me, but I still had to get checked out. Moments after I started to feel aching in my neck. I had this huge lump on my forehead that was bleeding. I had the uttermost severe headache. It hurt pretty bad and I had to go

It seems the topic you are interested in is “the cancer risks among first responders.” If so, your current literature review is good enough. Your next step is to design the research and collect data to compare whether there are different probabilities of cancer risks among different groups of first responders (e.g., polices, firefighters, and EMSs).