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Occupational injuries
Occupational injuries are injuries that occur due to particular exposures, accidents, or situations at one's workplace.
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What's the leading cause of fatal occupational injury in the united states?
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When would an occupational injury not considered a worksman compensation injury?
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Is there a correlation between seasonal affective disorders (sad) and occupational injuries?
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What is the role of the occupational therapist in brain injury rehabilitation?
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How serious is the occupational risk of needle stick injuries to health care, really?
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Questions I have for my physical therapist about an injury, etc. 1.Who will be providing my care? 2.What qualifications and experience do your providers have? 3.Will I see the same physical or occupational therapist each time?
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How do occupational therapists help people with eye injuries to ambulate safely?
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Do occupational therapists help people with eye injuries/blindness?
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Can you tell me how can occupational therapists help people with eye injuries/blindness?
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A 36-year old female asked:
Had tendon repair surgery 11 days ago for zone 2 pinky finger injury. In splint & occupational therapy for next 6 weeks & stitches come out tomorrow. Finger still quite stiff feeling. Normal? How long before stiffness subsides & it loosens up?
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What are common occupational diseases?
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What are potential adverse health effects of occupational stress?
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Which body fluids are potentially infectious during an occupational exposure?
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Can you lose any job opportunity confiding in occupational medicine specialty?
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I am an Occupational Health Nurse assisting Mthoko. He has symptoms of COVID-19?
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I was wondering what are the duties, responsibilities of an occupational health consultant?
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What is occupational medicine/physcial medicine and rehabilitation, what to expect going there?
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A 34-year old male asked:
My 2 yr son has lissencephaly. are there any new additional therapies other than physical and occupational services that can help him develop?
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What's occupational asthma?
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What's it like to be an occupational therapist?
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What's a occupational health clearance?
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Role of occupational health and safety?
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What does an occupational exposure limit mean?
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What happens during a occupational health interview?
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Can an occupational health nurse have to have qualifications?
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Can occupational exposure to n2o2 lead to decreased fertility?
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Is there any occupational hazard in radiotherapy and nuclearmedicine?
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I'm being referred to occupational health, what does this mean will happen to me?
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A 28-year old male asked:
Are there male occupational therapists?
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A 35-year old asked:
Can you please define occupational therapy?
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