Garg Arun, Milholland Suzanna, Deckow-Schaefer Gwen, Kapellusch Jay M
Center for Ergonomics Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 784, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA.
Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2007 Jun;19(2):187-96. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2007.02.002.
This chapter reviews literature pertaining to patient-handling tasks spanning the areas of epidemiology, biomechanics, perceived stresses, education and training programs, and introduction of mechanical patient lifting devices. All findings agree that patient handling is inherently dangerous and has been attributed to the majority of injuries incurred by nursing personnel; however, most studies have been performed in hospitals or long term care settings, but have not been specific to the area of critical care. The critical care environment poses unique challenges for nursing personnel and therefore, to ergonomists.
本章回顾了与患者搬运任务相关的文献，内容涵盖流行病学、生物力学、感知压力、教育与培训项目以及机械患者搬运设备的引入等领域。所有研究结果均表明，患者搬运本身具有危险性，且护理人员所遭受的大多数伤害都归因于此；然而，大多数研究是在医院或长期护理机构中进行的，并未专门针对重症监护领域。重症监护环境给护理人员乃至人体工程学专家带来了独特的挑战。
