title: Ergonomical aspects of anaesthetic practice.
abstract: Anaesthesiologist's service begins as a general physician, goes on as an investigator cum data analyser leading to the architectural planning of a forthcoming surgical event, but only after articulately convincing the subject along with his kith and kin. In the era of rapid developments in the field of medicine which includes relevant developments in anaesthetic care, an adequate work environment has to be provided to the anaesthesia team so that all anaesthetic procedures can be carried out safely and efficiently and an optimal workflow can be established in the operating room environment. Such ecological state demands an updated knowledge and ergonomics to aid him. Unfortunately, ergonomics is an area of anaesthesia that has received little attention and should be addressed through more education and training for workplace well-ness. Hence, an attempt is made to discuss few aspects on ergonomics for the interface between anaesthesiologist-machine-patient systems regarded as human-machine-system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, BMCRI, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Raghavendra Rao
keywords: Anaesthesia; design; ergonomics; layout; performance