title: Occupational accidents among ambulance drivers in the emergency relief.
abstract: We analyzed the occurrence of occupational accidents (OA) among ambulance drivers in Emergency Relief (ER), with a view to disclosing the types of events and their causes. A quantitative-qualitative study was carried out through the interview of 22 workers in a city in São Paulo, Brazil. The subjects were male, between 36 and 40 years old (40.9%), married (81.82%), with uncompleted primary education (40.9%), individual (90.9%) and family (54.55%) income between two and four Brazilian minimum wages, not performing any other paid occupation (45.45%). The majority of the OA were typical, due to an excess of exercises and vigorous and repeated movements (42.11%) and aggression through body strength and other means (26.33%). The OA occurs mainly because drivers carry out tasks that do not suit their professional formation.
authors.affiliation: Medical School of Marília, Brazil. etakeda@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Elisabete
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: Maria Lúcia
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: do Carmo Cruz Robazzi
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000328:Adult; D000552:Ambulances; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male