Communicable Diseases (CDs) Among Paramedics in Private Healthcare in India

Humanitarian emergencies including disasters associated with natural hazards, conflict, complex emergencies, and famines can pose significant risks to public health, especially when they lead to population displacement into inadequate conditions. To reduce the risk of communicable disease (CDs) outbreaks in such situations it is necessary to know the key risk factors. In recent times, communicable diseases are the number one cause of disability and death around the globe. The communicable disease can be controlled by creating awareness of the symptoms and types and possible risk factors. Given that the relevance, especially for the paramedic staff of various hospitals was considered. As we know due to the internal dynamics of the nature of work these paramedic staffs have to pass a lot of stress and untimely eating habits along with other unwanted habits especially male paramedics like cigarettes, and alcohol, etc. The purpose of the study was to examine awareness level on Communicable Diseases (CDs) among paramedics in the private healthcare sector in India. The analysis for CDs done for decoding the awareness level in three parameters such as symptoms of CDs, types of CDs, and risk factors of CDs, by taking three important pillars of paramedics: nursing practitioners, physician’s assistants, and emergency medical technicians. In the beginning 34 variables were identified, however, after the pilot study and core group discussions, the number of attributes for the CDs restricted to 24 only. The results show that in the case of CDs, there is need for improvement of awareness among the respondents for symptoms and mixed results for other factors.