Concise summaries of ergonomics in the news, including the role of ergonomics in the survival of a 10 yr old boy in the recent Libya airplane crash, a study of the accident and injury characteristics among older drivers, the Panini Keypad for faster texting, and a screed about "neural ergonomics."

Ergo-PATH System presents an exclusive 3-day seminar "Safe Patient Handling System: How to Design, Implement and Sustain SPH for Long Term Success". This interactive training, which introduces strategy, processes and evidenced-based tools, will take place in Chicago, IL on June 24-26, 2010.

A concise roundup of ergonomics topics in the news, including the meaning of "ergonomically designed", draft Canadian workplace ergonomics standard CSA1004, fleet vehicles, get used to talking to your car, patient handling update, ergonomics for radiologists, Jacob Nielsen pans iPad usability.

A concise roundup of ergonomics topics in the news, including cognitive ergonomics and multi-tasking, electronic medical records systems, a Safe Practices for Better Healthcare report, the 10 commandments of ultrasound ergonomics, patient handling, ergonomics and the Upper Big Branch mining disaster, a new long-term study investigating health effects of mobile phone emissions.

One of the most common problems in safe patient handling programs is the inconsistent or incorrect selection of safe patient handling equipment by caregivers. Jill Kelby, PT, CEA discusses the key reasons for "error" in the selection of safe patient handling equipment and recommends a 3 step process to minimize the risk of harm and injury to the patient and/or caregiver.

Ergo-PATH System presents an exclusive 3-day seminar "Safe Patient Handling System: How to Design, Implement and Sustain SPH for Long Term Success". This interactive training, which introduces strategy-processes-tactics, will take place in Las Vegas, NV on May 20-22, 2010.