Objective: Health workers may be exposed to some occupational risks due the nature of their work and one them is infectious diseases. One ways prevent diseases vaccination this study was carried out evaluate status perspectives emergency medicine physicians. Materials Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional conducted on 311 physicians working in departments. Results: Of participants, 22.5% ha...

Background. Fatigue is common among medical professionals and has been linked to poor performance and medical error. Objective. To characterize sleep quality and its association with severe fatigue in emergency medical services (EMS) providers. Methods. We studied a convenience sample of EMS providers who completed three surveys: the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), the Chalder Fatigue Qu...

1Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA 2Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford/Kaiser Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Stanford, CA, USA 3Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, Santa Clara, CA, USA *Corresponding author Ian D. Chong, MD Department of Emergency Medicine Stanford/Kaiser Emergency Medicine R...

Infrastructures—both technical and human—are critical components of emergency response, helping to facilitate and shape both formal work practices and the improvisational work that individuals and organizations take part in as they address emergent challenges during unpredictable events. This research explores the relationships between infrastructure and collaborative work in this context, at a...

background: ct scan and nuclear medicine exams deliver a great part of medical exposures. this study examined professional radiation hazards in ct scan and nuclear medicine workers.   methods : in a cross sectional study 30 occupationally exposed workers and 7 controls (all from personnel of a laboratory) were selected. physical dosimetry was performed for exposed workers. blood samples were ob...

*Department of Emergency Medicine, †University of Michigan Injury Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, ‡Los Angeles Emergency Medicine Center, University of California, Los Angeles, California, §Department of Emergency Medicine, Kings County SUNY Downstate Hospitals, Brooklyn, New York, kPediatric Emergency Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York, {School ...