Physiological responses of fire-fighter instructors during training exercises

Ergonomics

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 483-494

  Eglin, Clare M ^a   Coles, Sue ^b   Tipton, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Research and Development   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fire fighting; Heat stress; Temperature regulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PERSONNEL TRAINING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ENERGY COST; HEART RATE; PILOT STUDY;

PHYSIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DEHYDRATION; ENERGY COST; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXPOSURE; FIRE FIGHTER; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FIRES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART RATE; HEAT; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RESCUE WORK; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1842790108     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0014013031000107568     Document Type: Article

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