Aspectos ergonômicos na transferência de pacientes: um estudo realizado com trabalhadores de uma central de transportes de um hospital universitário

Occupational Health Hazards in ICU Nursing Staff

“…However, for certain ergonomists, this is not sufficient. Work processes also need to be modified, so that workers may assume more adequate and comfortable body postures [ 23 , 26 ].…”

“…In order to tolerate suffering at work, nurses and nursing technicians invariably adopt defensive strategies, such as the fragmentation of patient-caretaker relationships, the depersonalization, disregard, detachment, and denial of personal feelings when providing direct care to patients [ 26 ]. These individual defensive strategies may help, but do not reduce, suffering [ 28 ].…”

A atividade de trabalho de motoristas de ambulância sob o ponto de vista ergológico

“…Isso implica dizer que a gestão do trabalho desses motoristas, na medida em que visa favorecer a sua saúde e a de outros, não pode ignorar as características do meio de trabalho e dos seres humanos (aqui remetido aos próprios colegas), como esforço para viver. (SCHWARTZ, 2005) As diferenças nas falas mostram as diferenças nos valores dos motoristas, havendo aqueles que valorizam mais o trabalho bem feito, o salvar vidas ("de 10 ocorrências a gente salva 9, isso aí é gratificante demais"), mesmo que isso certamente acarrete maior cansaço no fim do plantão e, possivelmente, alguns problemas de saúde (MARQUES, 1998;CÉLIA;ALEXANDRE, 2004;ROSSI;ALEXANDRE, 2001). Outros preferem os dias menos movimentados ("Quando tem poucas ocorrências e o serviço é tranquilo"), o que não significa que deixem de atender as ocorrências quando necessário, uma vez que permanecem "com o intuito de trabalhar".…”

Profile of Rescuer Drivers of Transport System of Patients in Brazil

“…The relation of human being with the job is a relation in which the body limits are not often respected. Hard physical work, static postures, spinal flexion, repetitive work and vibration are conditions that interfere with this healthy relationship and that says about ergonomics at work [3].This relation, balance of human beings with elements and environment, when adequate, provides a good development of objectives, performed tasks, on the other hand, when impaired, can motivate absenteeism of professional, caused by musculoskeletal injuries resulting in significant loss for the injured professional and the enterprise, promoting a dissatisfaction relationship and often disability caused by injury [4].Conditions encountered in transports of patients are not always the most favorable, ambulance height from the ground, positioning of passenger seats in relation to materials, drawers and apparatus, difficulties to do procedure with transported patient are the main contributors to a precarious ergonomic condition [5].In the inter-hospital transport of patients, professionals aim to perform quickly and accurately all the procedures, providing maximum care when the techniques are performed incorrectly, the patient may suffer further trauma (iatrogenic), the main party affected by the ergonomic conditions is the backbone, due to excessive physical exertion, both in transport and for movement and positioning of patients on bed, stretcher transport, wheelchair, in addition to wear due to reduced number of professionals on staff [6].…”