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Disaster Ergonomics: Human Factors in COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency Management
Farzan Sasangohar1,2, Jason Moats3, Ranjana Mehta1
12655 Texas A&M University, College Station, USA.
Human Factors
|July 11, 2020
Summary
Human factors knowledge can mitigate disaster management (DM) challenges during pandemics like COVID-19. Applying human factors and ergonomics (HFE) improves resilience, training, and coordination in disaster response.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Disaster Management
- Human Factors and Ergonomics
Background:
- Disaster management (DM) aims to prevent contagion spread, requiring extensive logistics, coordination, and training.
- COVID-19 pandemic presents unique, large-scale challenges distinct from other disasters.
Purpose of the Study:
- Identify opportunities to apply human factors knowledge to disaster management challenges.
- Mitigate unique issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic's characteristics.
Main Methods:
- Conducted an expert review.
- Documented issues relevant to human factors and ergonomics (HFE) in disaster management.
Main Results:
- COVID-19 response highlighted complex challenges for DM and public health practitioners.
- Unprecedented scale, magnitude, and propagation rate of COVID-19 strained response systems.
- Research explored HFE's role in enhancing DM resilience, expertise, training, communication, and safety.
Conclusions:
- The field of HFE can contribute to proactive and resilient disaster management.
- Findings are applicable to ongoing and future pandemic responses.
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