Reviewing ambulance design for clinical efficiency and paramedic safety

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-105

  Ferreira, Jeremy ^a   Hignett, Sue ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambulance; Link analysis; Postural analysis

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; BLOOD VESSELS; ERGONOMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY FACTOR;

AMBULANCE; LINK ANALYSIS; POSTURAL ANALYSIS;

AMBULANCES;

AMBULANCE; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY POSTURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERGONOMICS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; OXYGEN THERAPY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT MONITORING; REVIEW; SAFETY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BIOENGINEERING; FEMALE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESCUE PERSONNEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AMBULANCES; BACK PAIN; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POSTURE; SAFETY;

EID: 19644376099     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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