Prehospital Transport and Whole-Body Vibration
- 1st Edition - September 14, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: Salam Rahmatalla
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 0 1 0 3 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 0 1 0 4 - 8
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Request a sales quotePrehospital 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.
- Provides readers the information needed to create efficient systems that ensure the safety and wellbeing of patients in transport
- Offers measurements and biodynamic metrics to professionals in the field so they can conduct vibration testing on their own
- Includes basic information that will not be affected by regulatory updates
Emergency medicine physicians, medics, medical students, ergonomists, human factors researchers, engineers, system developers, and researchers and students in the area of human response to vibration
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Fundamentals of motion and biomechanics
- Abstract
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Basic vector algebra
- 1.3 Complex numbers
- 1.4 Forces and motion
- 1.5 Basic statistics
- 1.6 Time and frequency domain analysis
- 1.7 Vibration fundamentals
- 1.8 Chapter summary
- References
- Chapter 2. Measurement of human response to vibration
- Abstract
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Traditional measurement techniques in WBV
- 2.3 Marker-based motion capture
- 2.4 Inertial sensors
- 2.5 Introduction to the concept of a hybrid system
- 2.6 Summary and concluding remarks
- References
- Chapter 3. Biodynamics of supine humans subjected to vibration and shocks
- Abstract
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Biodynamical evaluation functions
- 3.3 Experimentation in supine transport
- 3.4 Summary
- References
- Chapter 4. Discomfort in whole-body vibration
- Abstract
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Methods of discomfort quantification
- 4.3 The role of the rotational and translational motions on dynamic discomfort
- 4.4 Predictive discomfort of supine humans
- 4.5 Predictive discomfort of nonneutral postures in seated positions
- 4.6 Chapter summary
- References
- Chapter 5. Justification and efficacy of prehospital immobilization systems
- Abstract
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Ongoing debate
- 5.3 Whole-body transport and immobilization
- 5.4 Immobilization of the cervical spine
- 5.5 Immobilization of the lumbar spine
- 5.6 The need for standards for prehospital transport
- 5.7 Summary
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 14, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 230
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323901031
- eBook ISBN: 9780323901048
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Salam Rahmatalla
Dr. Salam Rahmatalla is a professor of structural mechanics and biomechanics. His research focuses on the positive and negative effects of vibration on humans and structures. Dr. Rahmatalla has authored and coauthored more than 20 peer-reviewed journal articles and participated in many national and international conferences in the area of human response to vibration. His present research interests are: multi-body dynamics, whole body vibration, structural health monitoring, damage detection and human movement. Dr. Rahmatalla is an active member of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the area of human response to vibration.
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Pprofessor of Structural Mechanics and Biomechanics, Iowa Technology Institute, The University of Iowa, USARead Prehospital Transport and Whole-Body Vibration on ScienceDirect