Designing ergonomic interventions for EMS workers—part II: Lateral transfers

Lavender, Steven A.; Conrad, Kendon J.; Reichelt, Paul A.; Kohok, Aniruddha K.; Gacki-Smith, Jessica

doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2006.02.005

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“…Smaller occupational groups were also identified as being at risk for patient handling injuries, including EMTs, morgue technicians, and patient transporters. Prior research identified patient handling tasks that place EMTs at risk for injury [Lavender et al, 2000], as well as patient transfer interventions to reduce this risk [Lavender et al, 2007]. Overall, the literature is sparse or absent for these small workgroups.…”

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confidence: 99%

Musculoskeletal injuries resulting from patient handling tasks among hospital workers

Pompeii

Lipscomb

Schoenfisch

et al. 2009

American J Industrial Med

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Musculoskeletal injuries resulting from patient handling tasks among hospital workers

Pompeii

Lipscomb

Schoenfisch

et al. 2009

American J Industrial Med

138

106

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“…Prior efforts describe the ergonomics but not the epidemiology of stretcher movement and operation 7 8. Other efforts highlight the prominence of EMS personnel occupational injuries, which include disabling back injuries as observed in this series 9 10.…”

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confidence: 98%

Ambulance stretcher adverse events

Wang

Weaver

Abo

et al. 2009

Quality and Safety in Health Care

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“…Existing analyses have focused primarily on lifting and moving, [50][51][52] with some research on the ergonomics of activities inside the patient care compartment of an ambulance. 56,57,85 The physical environment within the patient compartment of an ambulance can compromise a provider's ability to safely deliver care.…”

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“…[47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54] This work highlights the success that can be achieved when rigorous scientific testing is used to develop ergonomic equipment specifically designed to meet the challenges of providing patient care in the prehospital environment. Lavender et al first utilized focus groups of firefighters and identified high self-reported rates of musculoskeletal injuries, especially during tasks working directly with patients.…”

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EMS Provider and Patient Safety during Response and Transport: Proceedings of an Ambulance Safety Conference

Brice

Studnek

Bigham

et al. 2012

Prehospital Emergency Care

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The out-of-hospital setting is unique to health care and presents many challenges to providing safe, high-quality medical care in emergency situations. The challenges of the prehospital environment require thoughtful design of systems and processes of care. The unique challenges of ambulance safety may be met by analyzing systems and incorporating process improvements. The purposes of this paper are to 1) outline the nature of this problem, 2) introduce a framework for this discussion, 3) provide expert opinion from a two-day ambulance safety conference, and 4) propose a plan of action to address the safety issues identified in the literature and expert opinion at the conference. Utilizing the Haddon Matrix as a framework, we present the safety issues and proposed solutions for factors contributing to an injury event in the emergency medical services (EMS) transport environment: host, agent, physical environment, and social environment. Host refers to the person or persons at risk, in this case, the EMS personnel or the patient. The agent of injury refers to the energy exerted during the course of an injury, and may be modified to include unrestrained equipment that contributes to the injury. The physical environment refers to the characteristics of the setting in which the injury takes place, such as the roadway or the physical design of the ambulance. Finally, the social environment refers to the social, legal, and cultural norms and practices in the society, such as peer pressure and a culture that discourages the use of safety equipment.

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Designing ergonomic interventions for EMS workers—part II: Lateral transfers

Cited by 41 publications

References 11 publications

Musculoskeletal injuries resulting from patient handling tasks among hospital workers

Musculoskeletal injuries resulting from patient handling tasks among hospital workers

Ambulance stretcher adverse events

EMS Provider and Patient Safety during Response and Transport: Proceedings of an Ambulance Safety Conference

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