Workplace injuries

(a) Introduce your selected topic and describe its prevalence in the Australian population with
specific reference to your age and gender.
(b) Summarise, using appropriate published statistics or other references, the burden the chosen
risk factor has on our society. This will be in terms of mortality, morbidity, disability and costs (if
known).
(c) Explain three (3) factors which have been shown to contribute to the risk factor. For example:
speeding is a significant contributor to motor vehicle injuries.
(c) Describe how it may affect you as a paramedic.
(d) Identify national & international recommendations related to this risk factor