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Ergonomics in the emergency services

2 February 2010 by Richard Graveling
Ergonomics in the emergency services

There are many demands and challenges facing those who work in the emergency services to which ergonomics and human factors can contribute. Whether you are an emergency services control room operator handling calls from distressed members of the public; a paramedic team trying to extricate an unconscious casualty from a toilet cubicle; a firefighter wearing [...]

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