Fire And Emergency Medical Services Ergonomics A Guide For Understanding And Implementing An Ergonomics Program In Your Department

Offers both small & large, career & volunteer dept's, specific recommend. & examples for applying ergonomics. Contents: intro. to ergonomics & how it can be considered in the fire & emergency med. serv.; med. disorders commonly assoc. with ergonomic hazards (EH); basic steps for estab. a stand-alone ergonomics program (EP) or implementing it as part of an ongoing dept. safety program; identifying EH within your dept.; guidelines for preventing & controlling EH; the role of training in an EP, & an outline of training info.; aspects of a medical mgmt. system incl. both preventative measures & post-injury treat.; methods for reporting injuries & evaluating injury data; how to implement an EP in your dept.; & evaluating the effective. of the EP. Glossary.Leonard, Barry is the author of 'Fire And Emergency Medical Services Ergonomics A Guide For Understanding And Implementing An Ergonomics Program In Your Department', published 1996 under ISBN 9780756742454 and ISBN 0756742455.