期刊名称：Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
印刷版ISSN：1232-1966
电子版ISSN：1898-2263
出版年度：2015
卷号：22
期号：3
页码：542-545
DOI：10.5604/12321966.1167731
出版社：Institute of Agricultural Medicine in Lublin
摘要：Introduction. Obesity now affects people from all walks of life, including those who work in the field of medical aid provisionon a daily basis. So far, there has been no research assessing the nutrition status of Helicopter Emergency Medical Service(HEMS) crews.Objectives. To evaluate the degree to which overweight and obesity prevail among Helicopter Emergency Medical ServiceAir Ambulances (HEMS LPR) crew members, and determine the overall excess body fat and fatty tissue distribution in thesubjects.Material and methods. In order to evaluate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in HEMS crew members, the followinganthropometric measurements were used: height, body mass, waist and hip circumferences. Assessment of their nutritionalstatus was made by using some generally used indicators, i.e. calculating the subjects’ BMI, WHR and WHtR.Results. Pilots were older than the paramedics in a statistically significant way. On the basis of using the BMI indicator,it was shown that only 36% of HEMS crew members had normal body weight. Analysis of the percentage of body fatdetermined that 61.5% of the paramedics and 39.4% of the pilots had normal weight. 26.2% paramedics and 28.8% pilotswere diagnosed as overweight. Obesity characterised 12.3% of paramedics and 31.8% of pilots. The above were statisticallysignificant differences (p= 0.0117). Waist circumference exceeded 102 cm in 25.9% of the subjects and WHR>1 characterised20.6% of those examined.Conclusions. Analysis of the results obtained revealed that an alarmingly high percentage of crew members suffer fromexcessive body mass and fat, particularly in the group of pilots. Immediate action should be taken in order to reduce thebody mass and introduce preventive measures among the subjects
