A three-group quasi-experimental design contrasted the responses of rescue workers to the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake Interstate 880 freeway collapse (n=198) with responses to critical incident exposure of Bay Area Controls (n=140) and San Diego Controls (n=101). The three groups were strikingly similar with respect to demographics and years of emergency service. The I-880 group reported higher exposure, greater immediate threat appraisal, and more sick days. The three groups did not differ on current symptoms. For the sample as a whole EMT/Paramedics reported higher peritraumatic dissociation compared with Police. EMT/Paramedics and California road workers reported higher symptoms compared with Police and Fire personnel. Nine percent of the sample were characterized as having symptom levels typical of psychiatric outpatients. Compared with lower distress responders, those with greater distress reported greater exposure, greater peritraumatic emotional distress, greater peritraumatic dissociation, greater perceived threat, and less preparation for the critical incident. 相似文献
We investigated a possible relationship between the Kobe earthquake(January 17, 1995) and the quality of semen. We assessed spermconcentration and motility of 27 male patients who had a concentrationof more than 30 million/ ml and >40% sperm motility within5 months before the earthquake. Twelve male patients from districtswith a magnitude of <4 on the Richter scale showed no differencein sperm concentration and motility before and after the earthquake.Of 15 male patients from districts with a magnitude of >6,five patients whose houses received no damage showed no distinctchanges in sperm concentration and motility. In contrast, 10patients whose houses were partially or completely destroyedshowed significantly (P < 0.001) lower sperm motility afterthe earthquake than before, although no significant differenceof sperm concentration could be observed. Of these latter 10patients, seven could be followed. In six patients, sperm motilitywas restored between 2 and 9 months after the earthquake; thesperm motility in one patient, whose father died a victim ofthe house crash, has not yet recovered. Thus, the acute stressresulting from such a catastrophic earthquake could be a possiblecause of reduced sperm motility. 相似文献
Purpose: There has been an increase in the number of natural disasters in recent history, and the rate of disability is increasing among survivors. The most recent major natural disaster was the earthquake(s) that occurred in Nepal on 25 April 2015 and 12 May 2015. In total, more than 8500 people were killed and over 18?500 people were left injured. This article aims to demonstrate the role of rehabilitation professionals in post-disaster relief and beyond in Nepal. Method: This is an experiential account of physiotherapists present during the earthquake and participating in the post-disaster relief. Results: Rehabilitation professionals played an important role in the acute phase post-disaster by providing essential services and equipment. However, discharge planning emerged as an important role for rehabilitation providers in the early days of post-disaster and signaled a relatively new and innovative function that facilitated the heavy imbalance between little supply and tremendous demand for care. In the coming years, rehabilitation will need to support local initiatives that focus on minimizing the long-term effects among people with a newly acquired disability. Conclusions: Rehabilitation serves an important role across the continuum in post-disaster relief from the initial stages to the months and years following an event.
Implications for Rehabilitation
Driven by medical advances in acute field medicine, the relative proportion of casualties following natural disasters is decreasing, while relative rates of disability are rising among survivors.
In post-disaster settings, the growing number of people with newly acquired disabilities will be added to the existing proportion of the population who lived with disabilities, creating a significant growth in the total number of people with disabilities (PWDs) in communities that are often ill prepared to provide necessary services.
Rehabilitation interventions in the initial stages of emergency humanitarian response can minimize the long-term effects among people with newly acquired disabilities through early activation and prevention of secondary effects.
Rehabilitation providers thus appear to have an important mediating effect on outcomes of disabilities in the early stages, but must also be strong partners with PWDs to advocate for social and political change in the long term.