Importance Of Safety Measures Research Articles

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This study analyzes issues related to safety accidents during triathlons, measures the level of priority in addressing safety issues, and develops triathlon safety measures. With purposeful sampling, we selected 20 experts(seven professors and researchers, eight race staff and referees of the triathlon association, and five paramedics). We conducted three-round surveys with the same sample number and analyzed using the Delphi and Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP) methods. There are 16 factors in triathlon race safety issues categorized into four groups(safety plan and budget, safety precautionary measures, safety personnel, safety training and guidelines). The analysis prioritized the factors in the following order: (1) Lack of experienced professional safety personnel. (2) Low participation of triathlon athletes in safety education. (3) Lack of job duty training of safety personnel. (4) Lack of information sharing and cooperation among safety-related agencies. (5) Inadequate First-Aid manual per accident. (6) Lack of campaign on the importance of safety measures and guidelines. (7) Short on safety activity budget. (8) Problems in the allocation and distribution of safety personnel. (9) Lack of information sharing of the danger zone between the participants and race organizer. (10) Lack of information sharing between the safety-related agencies and race organizer. (11) Insufficient number of participating safety-related agencies. (12) Lack of safety activity campaign and cooperation towards the spectators and residents near the race. (13) Lack of safety precautionary measures according to site inspection. (14) Lack of reasonable budget allocation. (15) Lack of safety precautionary measure during night events. (16) Inadequate safety guideline to different types and scales of the race. We expect the triathlon administrator to utilize the study results as a basic reference for a safer competition.

Ophthalmic manifestations in head injury- A prospective study

The eye because of its location in the head and its proximity and neuronal connection with the brain, makes it more vulnerable in head injuries. An increase in the affordability and the attitude of younger generation has lead to the increased incidence of head injuries. Most of the times the ophthalmic manifestations are missed in early stages, where life saving assures the prime importance. This results in grave ocular complications when the patient survives.Various patterns of ophthalmic manifestations following head injury are studied. The grave situations are explored and importance of safety measures may be emphasized. All patients who sustained head injury with ophthalmic manifestations were enrolled in this study. They were subjected to thorough clinical evaluation, tests for visual acuity, color vision, examination with slit lamp, ophthalmoscope, ultrasound b scan, gonioscopy and various imaging techniques, other specialty opinion was also obtained whenever required. Distribution of cases according to the age, sex, mode of injury, laterality of the eyes was studied. Various ophthalmic presentations associated involvement of the orbital walls and cranial nerves were analyzed. Visual acuity at the time of presentation was correlated.The common mode of head injury which had considerable morbidity was found to be Road traffic accident. Precautionary measures should be initiated that may decrease these kinds of morbidities. These patients should be properly evaluated, monitored and managed.

An RFID model for improving workers’ safety at the seaport in transitional environment

The paper proposes a Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) model for enhancing port workers’ safety with reference to the Port of Bar (Montenegro) as a developing seaport operating in a transitional environment. The paper also highlights the lack of appropriate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions in some developing seaports, including safety-related ones. It emphasizes the importance of safety measures through the prism of reducing the number of accidents, and gives a review of some RFID safety solutions in the harsh environments. The main part of the paper deals with the RFID worker’s safety model proposed according to the Port of Bar’s individual needs. The model has been presented at a logic level, while some of the physical and link layers performances between the set of an active and several passive RFID devices embedded to the port workers’ Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) RFID readers located at the port perimeter, are simulated in Matlab and OMNeT++. The obtained results followed by discussions can be used as landmarks to the ports’ management in adapting this or a similar model for enhancing safety measures in the port and its promoting as a safety one at the maritime market.

An analysis of ocular firecracker injuries in five consecutive years during a festive season in a tertiary eye care hospital in South India

ABSTRACTBackground: To analyse the presentation of ocular firecracker injuries during a festival celebration in five consecutive years.Methods: We retrospectively analysed 541 patients with cracker injuries who presented to a tertiary eye care hospital during the fortnight of Deepavali for five consecutive years. The parameters studied were the age and sex, environmental factors, type of firework, eye involved and whether the involved person was a passer-by or actively involved.Results: Children up to 15 years, males and bystanders were seen to be affected more frequently. The most common firework involved was the flower pots.Conclusions: Fire cracker related ocular injuries are an important public health problem in India where celebrations are not complete without lighting crackers. This study brings to light the importance of safety measures and emphasises the need for restrictive firework legislation which has proved to reduce such injuries in countries across the world.

Tourists' and tourism suppliers' perceptions toward crisis management on tsunami

This study describes tourists' perceptions toward the importance of safety measures across tourists who stay at different types of accommodation; compares the pre and post analysis of such safety measures during normal time and six months after the disaster and identify safety measures that contribute the most to the sense of beach safety. This study uses a survey, interviews, and observation. The target population was inbound tourists traveling to Thai beaches. It was found that respondents who participated in the survey six months after the March 2011 Japanese tsunami placed more importance on almost all tsunami safety measures than those who did the survey six years after the Indian Ocean tsunami. Guests at guest houses, placed the highest importance on all safety measures, whereas guests at upscale hotels, placed the lowest importance. Moreover, perceptions of beach safety were dependent on the availability of a tsunami evacuation system and a crisis management plan.