One in five UK police officers suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or Complex Disorder, yet there is no gold standard measure of trauma exposure available. This study coded 4,987 exposures reported by 1,531 officers, using their own language. The resulting checklist describes over 70% typical ‘worst’ traumatic incidents (plus situational factors, including Covid19). Police Traumatic Exp...

BACKGROUND Emergency healthcare workers, including trainees and individuals in related occupations are at heightened risk of developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression owing to work-related stressors.We aimed to investigate the type, frequency, and severity of direct trauma exposure, posttraumatic stress symptoms and other psychopathology amongst paramedic trainees. In order...

OBJECTIVE To measure socioeconomic inequalities and differential risk in infant mortality on national and regional levels in Chile from 1990 to 2005, and propose new policy targets. METHODS The study analysed Chilean vital events registries from 1990 to 2005 for infant mortality by maternal education, head of household occupational status, cause, age and location of death. Annual infant morta...

The purpose of this article is to address common occupational hazards and safety concerns of nuclear medicine technologists. There are many possible occupational hazards, but this review is intended to concentrate on common hazards and safety concerns. These include radiation safety issues and concerns about the possibility of developing latent diseases, such as eye cataracts or cancer; pregnan...

This study investigated the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mental health comorbidities among career firefighters in U.S. examined occupational factors related to PTSD. A total 624 male completed questions regarding PTSD conditions. Nearly 7% met criteria for being range concern PTSD, those, 87% screened positive at least one other condition. Those with also reported sig...

In resronse to "Occupational Cumubtivc Trauma Disorders of the Upper Extn::mity," by Rcnee Williams and Muriel Westlnorland (Mal' 1994, pp. 411-420), I disagree wirh the statement that "physical therapisls have expenise in job analysis. cxercise rherapy, biomechanics, and pain Illanagemellr" (p. 412). Occuparional rherapist." ellucarioll specifkallv involves manv hours of rask analvsis, which a...

This study examined the impact of routine occupational exposure to traumatic aspects of child illness, injury, and medical treatment upon care providers working within a children's hospital. Three hundred fourteen providers completed a demographic data sheet and four questionnaires. Results suggested overall that the level of Compassion Fatigue in this sample was similar to a trauma worker comp...

Separation of the anterior layer of the lens capsule, also known as true exfoliation and capsular delamination, has become an increasingly rare clinical finding. Although its pathogenesis is not precisely known, the condition has been associated with age, trauma, and exposure to toxins and/or to thermal radiation. An association with occupational infrared radiation exposure was accepted after E...

To better understand the US military's global peacekeeping and combat operations, which may expose a growing population of American service women to challenging occupations and environments. Concordance between self-reported and electronic occupation codes for female participants in the Millennium Cohort was measured using kappa statistics. Multivariable logistic regression modeling was used to...