| Home | << 1 2 >> |
|
| Records | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Candura, S.M.; Verni, P.; Minelli, C.M.; Rosso, G.L.; Cappelli, M.I.; Strambi, S.; Martellosio, V. | ||||
| Title | [Occupational risks among public safety and security forces] | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2006 | Publication | Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia | Abbreviated Journal | G Ital Med Lav Ergon |
| Volume | 28 | Issue | 1 | Pages | 53-62 |
| Keywords | Burnout, Professional/etiology; Climate; Health Education; Humans; *Law Enforcement; Noise/adverse effects; *Occupational Diseases/chemically induced/etiology/prevention & control; *Occupational Health; *Police; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/etiology; Stress, Psychological/etiology; Vibration/adverse effects | ||||
| Abstract | The present paper tries to identify the occupational risk factors (physical, chemical, biological, psychological), variable depending on jobs and tasks, to which the heterogeneous public safety/security workers are exposed. The fight against criminality and public order maintenance imply (sometimes fatal) traumatic risks, and expose to psychophysical and sensorial tiring, unfavourable macro- and microclimatic conditions, the risk of baropathy (air navigation, underwater activities), noise (generated by firearms and several other sources), vibrations and shakings (automatic weapons, transport vehicles), the risk of electric injury, ionizing (X and gamma rays) and non-inonizing (ultraviolet rays, microwaves and radiofrequencies, electromagnetic fields) radiations. Chemical hazards include carbon monoxide and other combustion products (fires, urban traffic), substances released in chemical accidents, tear gases, lead (firing grounds, metal works, environmental pollution), solvents, lubrificants and cutting oils (mechanic repair and maintenance), laboratory materials and reagents, irritant and/or sensitizing agents contained in gloves. The main biological risks are tetanus, blood-borne diseases (viral hepatitis, AIDS), aerogenous diseases (e.g., tuberculosis, Legionnaire's disease, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis), dog- or horse-transmitted zoonosis. Finally, emotional, psychosomatic and behavioural stress-related disorders (e.g., burn-out syndrome, post-traumatic stress disorder) are typically frequent. The presence of numerous and diversified hazards among public safety/security forces imposes the adoption of occupational medicine measures, including risk assessment, health education, technical and environmental prevention, personal protective devices, sanitary surveillance and biological monitoring, clinical interventions (diagnosis, therapy and rehabilitation of occupational accidents and illnesses), prompt medico-legal evaluation of occupational-related compensation claims. | ||||
| Address | Scuola di Specializzazione in Medicina del Lavoro, Universita degli Studi di Pavia, Italy | ||||
| Corporate Author | Thesis | ||||
| Publisher | Place of Publication | Editor | |||
| Language | Italian | Summary Language | Original Title | Rischi professionali nelle Forze dell'Ordine | |
| Series Editor | Series Title | Abbreviated Series Title | |||
| Series Volume | Series Issue | Edition | |||
ISSN  |
1592-7830 | ISBN | Medium | ||
| Area | Expedition | Conference | |||
| Notes | PMID:16705889 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Serial | 1871 | |||
| Permanent link to this record | |||||
| Author | Allen, D.; Tanner, K. | ||||
| Title | Putting the horse back in front of the cart: using visions and decisions about high-quality learning experiences to drive course design | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2007 | Publication | CBE Life Sciences Education | Abbreviated Journal | CBE Life Sci Educ |
| Volume | 6 | Issue | 2 | Pages | 85-89 |
| Keywords | Curriculum/*standards; *Decision Making; *Learning; Models, Educational; Schools; Teaching/*methods/*standards | ||||
| Abstract | |||||
| Address | Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA. deallen@udel.edu | ||||
| Corporate Author | Thesis | ||||
| Publisher | Place of Publication | Editor | |||
| Language | English | Summary Language | Original Title | ||
| Series Editor | Series Title | Abbreviated Series Title | |||
| Series Volume | Series Issue | Edition | |||
| ISSN |
1931-7913 | ISBN | Medium | ||
| Area | Expedition | Conference | |||
| Notes | PMID:17548870 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Equine Behaviour @ team @ | Serial | 3999 | ||
| Permanent link to this record | |||||