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Journal Article
Fear, Familiarity, and the Perception of Risk: A Quantitative Analysis of Disaster-Specific Concerns of Paramedics
2011
Overview
Introduction: Paramedics play an integral role in the response to and management of disasters and mass casualty events. Providing a core component of the front line response to disasters, paramedics potentially expose themselves to a variety of health and safety risks, including physical injury, death, communicable disease, and psychological effects. The health and safety risks to emergency service personnel were highlighted by the deaths of firefighters, paramedics, and police during the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and the infection, illness, and deaths of paramedics and emergency health care staff during the severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak in 2003. Objective: Given that a willing and able prehospital workforce is a vital component of any successful response to a disaster situation, the present study explored paramedics' perception of risk and willingness to work, with a specific focus on identifying which type of disasters that paramedics associate with greater levels of fear, familiarity, and risk. Methods: A total of 175 paramedics completed a survey ranking 40 disaster scenarios for levels of fear and familiarity. Results: The results indicate that paramedics ranked nuclear and radiological events and outbreaks of new and highly infectious disasters highest for fear and unfamiliarity. This has implications for preparedness, education, and training. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2011;5:46-53)
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Subject
/ Adult
/ Allied Health Personnel - psychology
/ Attitude of Health Personnel
/ Disaster Planning - statistics & numerical data
/ Disasters - statistics & numerical data
/ Female
/ Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
/ Humans
/ Male
/ Occupational Health - statistics & numerical data
/ Relief Work - statistics & numerical data
/ Severe acute respiratory syndrome
/ Trauma
