WORK ENVIRONMENT AMONG AMBULANCE PERSONNEL

KARTLAEGGNING AV AMBULANSPERSONALENS ARBETSMILJOE

Staff in 17 out of 22 ambulance stations in Sweden were handed questionnaires on their working environment (WE). Response frequency varied between 54 and 100 per cent. There are 1702 ambulance attendants, 256 nurses and 127 firemen in the ambulance service. Almost half state their mental working environment is good or very good, 1 in 3 say it is fairly or very poor. The main reason is uncertainty regarding the future, lack of support and encouragement. Almost half say physical WE is fairly or very good, 1 in 3 say it is fairly or very poor. The main reason is lack of ventilation in working premises and staff rooms. 6 in 10 say they had problems with their vehicle in last 6 months, and 2 in 10 problems with mechanical or medical technology equipment. Poor mental and physical WE is most common among ambulance attendants and least common among rescue staff. On the whole, WE had not changed over past year. 1 in 4 say they had an incident or accident in the past 6 months. Most common causes are vehicle or vehicle equipment, followed by traffic environment, threats, physical stress. 1 in 3 say they had instructions or training in ergonomics. 8 in 10 had training in the function of medical technology equipment, while over 2 in 3 had training in driving the emergency vehicle.

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• Authors:
  • HEDLIN, M
  • PETERSSON, G
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Pagination: 44p+a p.
• Serial:
  • RAPPORT
  • Issue Number: 1998:7
  • Publisher: TRAFIKKONTORET I GOETEBORG
  • ISSN: 1103-1530

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Drivers; Emergency vehicles; Labor; Professional personnel; Questionnaires; Safety; Stress (Psychology)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Professional category; Work
• ITRD Terms: 2267: Attitude (psychol); 1772: Driver; 1261: Emergency vehicle; 9147: Interview; 2271: Occupation; 1665: Safety; 2234: Stress (psychol)
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00793560
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jun 15 2000 12:00AM