What type of diseases must all pre-hospital staff be trained to prevent?

All pre-hospital staff must be trained to prevent infectious diseases because of the critical nature of their work, which often involves directly engaging with patients who may be carrying transmissible pathogens. Pre-hospital settings, like ambulances, are environments where staff are at a higher risk of exposure to infections through blood, respiratory droplets, or other bodily fluids. Awareness and prevention training for infectious diseases are essential to ensure not only the safety of the staff but also the protection of patients and the wider community. Proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE), understanding routes of transmission, and following protocols for hygiene and infection control are fundamental aspects of their training.

Cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, while important topics for patient care and management, do not require the same level of preventive training focused on infectious control, as these diseases are not transmitted from person to person in the same manner. Genetic diseases, on the other hand, are not preventable through training or exposure control, as they are inherent to an individual's DNA and not influenced by environmental factors that pre-hospital staff can mitigate.