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WorkSafeBC / BY: Curtis May, MD, MPH, CCFP Early online
... not work alone during hot conditions. Working with other people can allow for mutual monitoring for signs of heat ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD March 2024
... This month, we address you as workers yourselves: people who face unique physical and psychological risks at ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Tung Siu, MD, CCFP, ACBOM May 2023
... types of tasks or activities. Tolerance varies between people and over time for the same person, reflecting ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Tom Brocklehurst September 2019
... use can cause physical and behavioral changes that affect people’s ability to work safely, putting them or their ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP April 2019
... carbon monoxide (CO) levels (see Box). CO 2 is emitted by people working in the office building. An excessive ... an inadequate amount of fresh air for the number of people in the space. Elevated levels of CO 2 commonly ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Susan Dixon November 2018
... of injured workers, and ensuring fair compensation for people suffering injury or illness on the job. Outlines, ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP November 2017
... while urban dwellers may have COHb levels of 1% to 2%. People such as firefighters, construction and garage workers, ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP January/February 2017
... prolonged dying with poor symptom control has made people even more fearful of the dying process. And society ... which the MAID is provided, because it is well known that people’s desire for hastened death can change over time[ 1 ... a study at a Seattle Cancer Centre[ 2 ] showed that of 114 people who inquired into the Death with Dignity program, ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: David Sheps, MD, MSc, MBA, FRCSC, January/February 2016
... represented short-term disability costs. The majority of people suffered fractures from falls, motor vehicle ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP March 2016
... risk of occupationally acquired TB is low. Nevertheless, people who work with high-risk groups may occasionally be ...