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Iftjmtml Hygiene tuve attempted to tbeir medical need# in various wnya, but thus hr oent have pro* vided more than a few of the basic elements of an effective occupational health program, employers have demonstrated* in a number of ways, their ioterest in promoting the health and effectiveness of their employees by tbe means now available. The site of individual employee groups is generally too small to justify the establishment of a comprehensive medi- cal program by a single employer. Tbe nature of the. employee population and the limited nature of medical services now provided are sufficient reasons to justify the establishment of a comprehensive occupational health program at the airport. An airport medical facility, primarily established for other purposes* should be most effective in providing the medical component of crash rescue plans and operations. A medical facility at a large municipal alj- port could be an ideal training cite for civilian physicians pursuing a career in aviation medi cine. Such facilities for civilians are not now available. Medical facilities should be estab lished at airports to provide comprehensive programs of occupation medicine and for ether related purposes. - - Author's summary / tr 1 1117 Use and Abuse of Physical Therapy in Industry. D. 1. Abramson. J. Occ. Med. 4* 6*io-6tD (Nov. 1962). Many of tbe ccmrr.or.lv employed physical therapy modalities can be used readily by tbe general practitioner if he is willing tc acquire a working knowledge of the field. TU will enable him to prescribe the proper treatment and to supervise tbe regimen to be carried out by the physical therapist. It is necessary to emphasise that the responsibility for the therapeutic program and for any adverse results recta.fully on the physician who initiates the treatment. Finally* it must be recognised that all physical therapy modalities are geared not merely toward the relief of pain or toe increase in strength of local muscle groups, but primarily toward tbs go*: of total rehabilitation cl the patient. Residual capacities should be exploited through exercise and self-help devices* tn order to make the individual less depen dant on others for his daily activities. - Author's conclusion li: 1118 The.Physical Examination in Industry! A Critique. T. G. Hanks. Arch. Environmental Health 5* H507t (Oct. 1962). The physical examination, carefully and selectively applied* has a restricted role in the majority of industrial operations. It is subordinate to selection baaed on skill, adapt* ability, and motivation* all of which are demonstrated chiefly after the fact, either by work- history elsewhere or on the job* as physical capacity should bo in most situations. In oceu* ! pational health ar.d safety* it plays a distinctly subordinate role to other preventive measures* particularly to environmental control measures, safety training* and safety certification, ll 4 is easily subjected to abuse.by physicians* paramedical, and lay personnel witkinand outsids of industry. It is of comparatively little value m defense of industrial insurance claims, its 112. value to health insurance can be questioned on tbe record. In the physical examination lies i the danger that, as a fetish* it obscures for Industrial physicians the broad scope of occupa* tiont! health and safety. Author's summary 1119 The PreplacemeM Physical Examination in Indjstry, Its Values, E. P, l~uongo, Arch. Znvir'.r,rr.*:nia' Kcaitc. b, 3S*>-K4 (Get. There are cert air. benefits which accrue to people, their physicians, and to indus try through prcplasetr.er.i *sXferr.:r.ations as part of the coxal preventive medical program in industry. These have he*r. prtssnted Irifily. Programs must include tbe promulgation of environmental health and safety, as well as physical examinations. Each year companies prepare annual statements which report profits and losses for the period and reflect the com* pany's standing in matters of investment in tools, equipment* buildings* and securities. Some companies are satisfied with ibis review of tbeir activities. Others* including many & tbe oil and aircraft industry, feel that a company's greatest asset Is Its people. This impor tant asset* people* cannot be looked upon as biochemical, statistical factors of production or objects of propaganda, but as human assets that must be maintained through application of principles of a good preventive occupational health program. The personal individual `'touch'* of good preplacemeni examinations In industry Ss an important part of such a program. -- Author's summary 112: