Physiologic monitoring in extreme environments: Application of micro-sensors and embedded processors to predict heat stress in fire fighters

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4615, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-81

  Van Gelder, Carin ^a   Pranger, L Alex ^b   Urias, Adrian ^b   Lo, Ronalee ^b   Wiesmann, William P ^b   Winchell, Robert J ^c   Kolka, Margaret A ^d   Stachenfeld, Nina ^a   Bogucki, Sandy ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BioSTAR Inc   (United States)

^c MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire fighting; Oximetry; Remote physiologic monitoring; Sensors

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FIRE PROTECTION; MICROSENSORS; PERSONNEL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EMBEDDED PROCESSORS; FACEMASK; FIRE FIGHTERS; FIRE FIGHTING; HEAT STRESS; OXIMETRY SENSORS; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036045226     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.466648     Document Type: Article

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