Riscos ergonômicos na atividade bombeiro militar: um estudo no Batalhão de Bombeiros de Emergências Médicas

Abstract

This is a study aimed at analyzing ergonomic risks and occupational diseases in the activity of Military Firefighters. It aims to understand how professionals in pre-hospital care, who work in the ambulance, behave with ergonomic issues, as well as whether they have ever needed medical care as a result of their work activities. From this perspective, the general objective of the study was to discuss the main ergonomic risks to which the military firefighters who work in the ambulance of the Battalion of medical emergencies are subject. Having as specific objectives: to identify the work activities of military firefighters who work in ambulances; describe occupational risks; evaluate the relationship between occupational risks and work activity of the Military Firefighters and intervene with a proposal prepared through the standard operating procedure and restructuring plan of the Psychosocial Care Center. The methodology used a quantitative and qualitative approach, since the instrument used in data collection had open and closed questions, focused both on numerical data and on the study of the behavior of a certain group. As a result, the survey described that the military still does not use ergonomics to improve the quality of work, as 82% of respondents are unaware of the ergonomic risks to which they are exposed. In addition, 77% of respondents did not have training or courses that could explore occupational diseases and the physical and psychological risks that not applying ergonomics can bring. Another interesting data from the research shows that about 62% of BBEM's military personnel have already had some work-related injury, with tendonitis being the most recurrent. It was concluded that the Military Firefighters feel that the activity they perform at work has changed their routine. Some mentioned problems of exhaustion, insomnia, stress, among others, which is already an alert for the group responsible for the quality of physical and mental health of professionals