HEALTH OF MEDICAL STAFF OF PENSIONABLE AGE WORKING AT EMERGENCY STATION

Aim. To estimate the conditions of work for medical staff of pensionable age, working at emergency station. Materials and methods. Morbidity of medical staff of pensionable age was studied, morbidity indices were compared with those of the population, biochemical blood indices of medical staff working at a large-scale emergency substation were studied. Conditions of work were investigated for determining risk factors negatively influencing workers’ health status. Results. Emergency medical staff risk is attributed to harmfulness of class 3; it is associated with work in conditions of active thoroughfare. The studied biochemical blood indices indicated the most significant changes in lipid metabolism, resulting in high cardiovascular morbidity and nervous pathology indices. Conclusions. Among medical staff of emergency stations, percentage of workers of pensionable age is high. Health status is characterized by high cardiovascular and nervous system sickness rate as well as occupational burning syndrome.

Emergency service, morbidity, medical staff