Postural workloads on paramedics during patient transport

Postural workloads on paramedics during patient transport

Paramedics perform physically demanding tasks during patient transport in daily routine and therefore suffer more often from musculoskeletal ailments, mainly low back pain, than any other profession. We hypothesise, that current transport aids do not offer sufficient support when it comes to obstacl...

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Main Authors: Verjans Mark, Schütt Andrea, Schleer Philipp, Struck Detlef, Radermacher Klaus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2018-09-01
Series:Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering
Subjects:
Biomechanics
Paramedics
Patient transport
OWAS
Transport aids
EMS
Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/cdbme.2018.4.issue-1/cdbme-2018-0040/cdbme-2018-0040.xml?format=INT

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