Just because you work in the office doesn’t mean that you can’t be injured on the job.
Office workers face the following possible hazards:
What office workers should do:
WorkSafeBC imposed a record total penalty of more than $4.4 million against employers last year for violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation and the Workers Compensation Act, according to the agency’s 2009 Penalty Report. Over the past several years, WorkSafeBC and the Ministry of Labour have been increasingly proactive with companies that don’t measure up to health and safety and employment standards rules and regulations. The ministry has undertaken more health and safety and employment standards inspections and audits, increased fines and penalties, and introduced various aggressive enforcement techniques. You have most likely felt the pressure to react and get your workplace and employees prepared for an audit. SOS Technologies can assist you with understanding the regualtions and ensuring that you have the appropriate supplies on hand.
A new five-step assessment might help family doctors rule out heart disease in people with chest pain, German researchers propose.
Chest pain is common but pose a challenge for primary care doctors, who must be able to reliably distinguish whether or not the chest pain is associated with heart disease and minimize the number of patients referred to cardiologists unnecessarily.
In Monday’s issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, Dr. Stefan Bösner of the University of Marburg in Germany and his colleagues describe a clinical assessment method they developed called the Marburg Heart Score.
“Our findings show that the use of a simple prediction rule based exclusively on symptoms and signs can help to rule out coronary artery disease in patients presenting with chest pain in a primary care setting,” the study’s authors concluded.
The rule uses five factors that are easy to identify during a medical visit:
When fewer than three of the five factors are found in a patient, coronary artery disease should be ruled out, Bösner’s team suggests.
Stevens and Lasserson said the new assessment method shows promise for improving the diagnosis of coronary heart disease but that more research is needed to confirm it can be safely applied without missing more severe manifestations of the disease.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/05/heart-disease-chest-pain-rule.html?ref=rss#ixzz0sptCjrVd
On Friday near Lytton, BC a 48 yer old man was hit by a train. He was saved from death by the train’s engineer and conductor who performed CPR on scence while waiting for EMS. The man stopped breathing minutes after being struck by the train and the train crew administered CPR quickly. Police have stated that the first aid treatment and CPR offered by the train crew may have saved the man’s life.
The largest earthquake to hit the Ontario/Quebec region in 20 years sent people scurrying from their buildings late Wednesday afternoon. The 5.0 quake left behind structural damage to bridges, buildings, roads and schools. An earthquake of 5.0 is considerate a moderate earthquake that could cause considerable damage to poorly constructed buildings. The quake lasted for approx. 20 seconds and even forced Via Rail to stop trains. In Ottawa’s Rideau Shopping mall windows shattered and one school was closed.