Prehospital Transport and Whole-body Vibration helps medical transport professionals and vehicle and equipment designers understand the concepts of human response to whole body vibration in order to shed light on the ongoing debate on the effectiveness of current immobilization systems. Written for anyone working with patients who have been medically transported, such as emergency medicine physicians, medics, ER nurses, and those researching and studying whole-body vibration (medical students, ergonomists, human factor researchers, engineers, system developers), this book takes an informative look at situations that occur in the air, on the sea and in ground medical vehicles en route to a hospital.
The transport of supine humans under these conditions may lead to severe involuntary motions of body segments, which can generate discomfort, pain and secondary injuries, especially when the patient has a suspected spinal cord injury. This book will help medical transport professionals and vehicle and equipment designers understand the basic concepts of human response to whole body vibration and shed light on the ongoing debate on the effectiveness of current immobilization systems.
1. Prehospital Transport and Whole-Body Vibration - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Title page - p. Page ii 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Copyright - p. Page iii 6. Contents - p. Page vi 7. Preface - p. Page vi 8. Acknowledgments - p. Page ix 9. List of Illustrations - p. Page xi 10. Chapter 1 : Fundamentals of motion and biomechanics - p. Page xi 11. Chapter 2 : Measurement of human response to vibration - p. Page 45 12. Chapter 3 : Biodynamics of supine humans subjected to vibration and shocks - p. Page 82 13. Chapter 4 : Discomfort in whole-body vibration - p. Page 136 14. Chapter 5 : Justification and efficacy of prehospital immobilization systems - p. Page 180 15. Index - p. Page 205
Prehospital Transport and Whole-body Vibration helps medical transport professionals and vehicle and equipment designers understand the concepts of human response to whole body vibration in order to shed light on the ongoing debate on the effectiveness of current immobilization systems. Written for anyone working with patients who have been medically transported, such as emergency medicine physicians, medics, ER nurses, and those researching and studying whole-body vibration (medical students, ergonomists, human factor researchers, engineers, system developers), this book takes an informative look at situations that occur in the air, on the sea and in ground medical vehicles en route to a hospital.
The transport of supine humans under these conditions may lead to severe involuntary motions of body segments, which can generate discomfort, pain and secondary injuries, especially when the patient has a suspected spinal cord injury. This book will help medical transport professionals and vehicle and equipment designers understand the basic concepts of human response to whole body vibration and shed light on the ongoing debate on the effectiveness of current immobilization systems.
1. Prehospital Transport and Whole-Body Vibration - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Title page - p. Page ii 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Copyright - p. Page iii 6. Contents - p. Page vi 7. Preface - p. Page vi 8. Acknowledgments - p. Page ix 9. List of Illustrations - p. Page xi 10. Chapter 1 : Fundamentals of motion and biomechanics - p. Page xi 11. Chapter 2 : Measurement of human response to vibration - p. Page 45 12. Chapter 3 : Biodynamics of supine humans subjected to vibration and shocks - p. Page 82 13. Chapter 4 : Discomfort in whole-body vibration - p. Page 136 14. Chapter 5 : Justification and efficacy of prehospital immobilization systems - p. Page 180 15. Index - p. Page 205
