Choosing a wheelchair : a guide for optimal independence
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat23532
Karp, Gary.
--Sebastopol, CA:
O'Reilly
, 1998.
- Call Number
- WB 320 K18c 1998
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Call Number
- WB 320 K18c 1998
- Author
- Karp, Gary
- Place of Publication
- Sebastopol, CA
- Publisher
- O'Reilly
- Date of Publication
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 180 p.
- ISBN
- 1565924118
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Wheelchairs
- Ergonomics
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Ergonomics for rehabilitation professionals
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat24796
Kumar, Shrawan.
--Boca Raton, FL:
CRC Press
, 2009.
- Call Number
- WB 320 E67 2009
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Call Number
- WB 320 E67 2009
- Author
- Kumar, Shrawan
- Place of Publication
- Boca Raton, FL
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Date of Publication
- 2009
- Physical Description
- 622 p.
- ISBN
- 9780849381461
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Ergonomics
- Rehabilitation
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Handbook of emergency response : a human factors and systems engineering approach
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33517
edited by Adedeji B. Badiru, LeeAnn Racz.
--Boca Raton, FL:
CRC Press
, c2014.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Badiru, Adedeji Bodunde
- Racz, LeeAnn
- Responsibility
- edited by Adedeji B. Badiru, LeeAnn Racz
- Place of Publication
- Boca Raton, FL
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxxiii, 724 p.)
- Series Title
- Industrial innovation series
- ISBN
- 9781466514577 (electronic bk.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Disaster Planning
- Emergency Responders
- Ergonomics
- Rescue Work - methods
- Rescue Work - organization & administration
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Emergency management - Technological innovations
- Rescue work
- Survival and emergency equipment
- Incident command systems
- Human engineering
- Contents
- Contents: Robotic technologies for first response: A review -- A practical, simplified chemical agent sensor placement methodology -- Harnessing disruptive technologies: Quick systems engineering for emergency response -- An emerging framework for unmanned aircraft systems in the national airspace system: Opportunities and challenges for first responders and emergency management -- Optimization in evacuation route planning -- Evacuation planning, analysis, and management -- Hierarchical optimization for helicopter mission planning in large-scale emergencies -- Planning and management of transportation systems for evacuation -- Riverflow prediction for emergency response: Military applications using artificial neural networks -- Understanding the influence of the "cry wolf hypothesis" and "false alarm effect" on public response to emergency warnings -- Accessible emergency management: A human factors engineering approach -- Framework for preparing for the unprepared -- Lest we forget: A critical analysis of bioterrorist incidents, national exercises, and U.S. prevention, response, and recovery strategies -- Resilience to WMD: Communication and active participation are key -- First responders: A biomechanical evaluation of supply distribution -- Dynamics and dangers of therapeutic strategies for organophosphate poisoning: A physiologically based model -- Coordinated project systems approach to emergency response -- Overcoming obstacles to integrated response among incongruent organizations -- Decisions in disaster recovery operations: A game theoretic perspective on organization cooperation -- Integrating Department of Defense response with nongovernmental organizations during a disaster -- Time is a murderer: The cost of critical path drag in emergency response -- Coordination and control in emergency response -- Managing the complexities of incident command -- Begin with the end in mind: An all-hazards systems approach to waste management planning for homeland security incidents -- Creating effective response communications -- Assessing the state of knowledge about emergency management in other countries -- Framework for real-time, all-hazards global situational awareness -- All-hazards response team preparation: Planning and training concepts -- Medical supply chain resiliency in disasters -- Decision support for inland waterways emergency response.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Handbook of human factors and ergonomics in health care and patient safety
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat12888
edited by Pascale Carayon.
CRC Press
, 2007.
- Call Number
- WB 100 H2355 2007
- Location
- Cape Breton Regional
- Call Number
- WB 100 H2355 2007
- Other Authors
- Carayon, Pascale
- Responsibility
- edited by Pascale Carayon
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Date of Publication
- 2007
- Physical Description
- xiv, 995 p.
- Series Title
- Human factors and ergonomics
- ISBN
- 9780805848854
- 0805848851
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Ergonomics
- Medical Errors - prevention & control
- Safety Management
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Cape Breton Regional
Human factors challenges in emergency management : enhancing individual and team performance in fire and emergency services
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33516
edited by Christine Owen.
--Surrey, UK:
Ashgate Publishing Ltd.
, c2014.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book provides an overview of state-of-the-art research that has been conducted within Australia, funded by the Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre. The chapters source and contextualize their own research practice within the context of the international research literature.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Owen, Christine
- Responsibility
- edited by Christine Owen
- Place of Publication
- Surrey, UK
- Publisher
- Ashgate Publishing Ltd.
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (254 p.)
- ISBN
- 9781409453062 (electronic bk.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Emergency Medical Services - organization & administration
- Emergency Responders - psychology
- Firefighters - psychology
- Ergonomics
- Work Performance
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Emergency management - Australia
- Fire management - Australia
- First responders - Job stress - Australia
- Fire fighters - Job stress - Australia
- Human engineering
- Other Subjects
- Australia
- Abstract
- This book provides an overview of state-of-the-art research that has been conducted within Australia, funded by the Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre. The chapters source and contextualize their own research practice within the context of the international research literature.
- Contents
- 1. Human Factors in Emergency Management -- 2. Stress and Wildland Firefighter Safety-related Decisions and Actions -- 3. Expert Decision Making and the Use of Worst Case Scenario Thinking -- 4. What Were They Thinking? A Model of Metacognition for Bushfire Fighters --5. The Role of Affect in Individual and Collective Performance in a Sociocultural Context -- 6. The Impact of Team Member Familiarity on Performance: Ad hoc and Pre-formed Emergency Service -- 7. Leadership, Communication and Teamwork in Emergency Management -- 8. Firefighter Decision Making at the Local Incident and Regional/State Control Levels -- 9. Coping Ugly: Errors, Decisions, Coping and the Implications for Emergency Management Training -- 10. Creating Cultures of Reflective Learning in the Emergency Services: Two Case Studies -- 11. The Challenges of Change in Future Emergency Management: Conclusions and Future Developments.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Human reliability and error in medical system
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat22119
Dhillon, BS.
--River Edge, NJ:
World Scientific Pub.
, 2003.
- Call Number
- WM 440 D534h 2003
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- WM 440 D534h 2003
- Author
- Dhillon, BS
- Place of Publication
- River Edge, NJ
- Publisher
- World Scientific Pub.
- Date of Publication
- 2003
- Physical Description
- 214 p.
- Series Vol.
- v. 2
- Series Title
- Series on industrial and systems engineering
- ISBN
- 981238359X
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Ergonomics
- Medical Errors - prevention & control
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Office ergonomics safety guide
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat24144
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.
(5th ed.)
--Hamilton, ON:
CCOHS
, 2007.
- Call Number
- WA 440 O32o 2007
- Location
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Call Number
- WA 440 O32o 2007
- Corporate Author
- Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
- Edition
- 5th ed.
- Place of Publication
- Hamilton, ON
- Publisher
- CCOHS
- Date of Publication
- 2007
- Physical Description
- 112 p.
- ISBN
- 0660189771
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Ergonomics
- Safety Management
- Occupational Health
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
The wheelchair evaluation : a clinician's guide
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33151
Mitchell Batavia.
(2nd ed.)
--Sudbury, MA:
Jones and Bartlett Publishers
, c2010.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Batavia, Mitch
- Responsibility
- Mitchell Batavia
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Sudbury, MA
- Publisher
- Jones and Bartlett Publishers
- Date of Publication
- c2010
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxi, 276 p.)
- ISBN
- 9780763761721
- 9781449618230 (electronic bk.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Wheelchairs
- Disability Evaluation
- Evaluation Studies as Topic
- Ergonomics
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Wheelchairs - Evaluation
- Medical history taking
- Orthopedic disability evaluation
- Evaluation Studies as Topic
- Medical History Taking - methods
- Contents
- Patient history -- Clinical examination -- Functional examination -- The wheelchair: an introduction -- The mobility base -- Seating system and wheelchair components -- Ethical issues -- Funding -- Documentation -- Fitting, training, and dispensing the wheelchair.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Wheelchair selection and configuration
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat23531
Cooper, Rory A.
--New York, NY:
Demos Medical Pub.
, 1998.
- Call Number
- WB 320 C778w 1998
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Call Number
- WB 320 C778w 1998
- Author
- Cooper, Rory A
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Demos Medical Pub.
- Date of Publication
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 410 p.
- ISBN
- 1888799188
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Wheelchairs
- Ergonomics
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Wheelchair users and postural seating : a clinical approach
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat24027
Ham, Rosalind.
--New York, NY:
Churchill Livingstone
, 1998.
- Call Number
- WB 320 H198w 1998
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Call Number
- WB 320 H198w 1998
- Author
- Ham, Rosalind
- Other Authors
- Aldersea, Patsy
- Porter, David
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Churchill Livingstone
- Date of Publication
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 318 p.
- ISBN
- 044305472X
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Posture - physiology
- Wheelchairs
- Ergonomics
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
