Abstract
The Association pour la santé et la sécurité, secteur affaires sociales duQuébec (ASSTSAS) has worked with three ambulance companies to develop and implement a training program for Québec's ambulance technicians on patient handling strategies that are respectful of both the needs of the patients and the biomechanical limitations of the technicians. The lifting strategies used by the ambulance technicians to transfer patients from one surface to another were questioned and new strategies, based on sliding techniques, were developed. Further research is required to design ambulance equipment that is not only better suited to the patients' needs, but also more appropriate for the ambulance technicians' work, in order to help prevent workplace accidents.
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