7h Health Problems ***

Question 0

Three health problems suffered by airline office employees are deep vein thrombosis, backache and eyesight defects.
(a) Describe how the employees could recognise these health problems.
Deep vein thrombosis (1 mark)
Backache (1 mark)
Eyesight deficits (1 mark)

Answer 0

1 mark per health problem:
Deep vein thrombosis: swelling of the calf / pain in the calf /calf pain that is noticeable, or worse when standing or walking/bruising (1)
Backache: pain in back / muscle spasm (1)
Eyesight defects: Blurred vision / dry eyes / continuous blinking (1)

Question 1

Miss Jones is concerned about health problems that she might get from working with ICT.
Identify three health problems that Miss Jones might get from working with ICT.
For each health problem give an appropriate different solution (6 marks)

Answer 1

Three from:
DVT (1)
RSI (1)
Eyestrain (1)
Headaches (1) Muscle/back ache (1) Carpal tunnel syndrome (1) Ulnar neuritis (1).

Three from, based on answer to:
DVT: 5 minute break every hour/footrest/adjustable chair (1)
RSI: 5 minute break every hour/wrist rest/adjustable chair (1)
Eyestrain: 5 minute break every hour/anti flicker screen/non reflective desk/diffused lighting (1)
Headaches: 5 minute break every hour/anti flicker screen/non reflective desk/diffused lighting/water to drink (1)
Muscle/back ache: 5 minute break every hour/adjustable chair (1)
Carpal tunnel syndrome: 5 minute break every hour/adjustable chair/wrist rest/ergonomic keyboard (1)
Ulnar neuritis: 5 minute break every hour/adjustable chair/wrist rest/ergonomic keyboard (1).