Assessing the Status User Performance of Personal Protective Equipment, the Functional and Clinical Respiratory Symptoms of Smoke-induced Toxic Inhalants, Amongst Journalists- Exposed at the Plasco Tower Trade Center Disaster: In the Early days of the Accident. Tehran – Iran - 2017

Abstract

Background: The use of the best quality performance of personal protective equipment can lead to reducing the risk of injuries among subjects in facing a crisis. Journalists are the non-professional between the rescue teams. They should be a presence in the disaster site and highly stressful environments. The scope of this study assessed the status of user performance of personal protective equipment, clinical respiratory symptoms of smoke-induced toxic inhalants, pulmonary function test, among journalistsexposed at the Plasco Trade Center (PTC) disaster. Citation: Agin, K., Baigi, AM., Tehrany, MM., Zadeh, BM. (2020) Assessing the Status User Performance of Personal Protective Equipment, the Functional and Clinical Respiratory Symptoms of Smoke-induced Toxic Inhalants, Amongst Journalists- Exposed at the PlascTower Trade Center Disaster:In the Early days of the Accident. Tehran – Iran - 2017. J Pulm Med Respir Care, 2(1): 08-17. Journal of Pulmonary Medicine and Respiratory Care © 2020 Somato Publications. All rights reserved. Volume 2 Issue 1 - 1005 09 Material & Methods: All the pressjournalists enrolled based on the announcement of agency news. They were evaluated using personal protective equipment, functional, and clinical respiratory system symptoms based on the protocol of the study. Results: A total132 press-journalists had completed the criteria of the study. The frequency of standard use of wear the face mask was detected in 8% of journalists in their work shift time. Free of respiratory symptoms were found in 5% of the population. Various frequency of upper and lower respiratory symptoms was detected among exposedsubjects of smoke-induced inhalation toxicity. Lower airway symptoms also were remarkable. Conclusion: Selfprotection with types of personal protective equipment (face mask) is the most reliable method of protective health of the respiratory system in non-professional subjects during a fire disaster. A face mask can decline the respiratory symptoms of smoke-induced inhalation among target populations.