Physiological responses of firefighters and performance predictors during a simulated rescue of hospital patients

Ergonomics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-126

  von Heimburg, Erna D ^a   Rasmussen, Anna Kari R ^b   Medbø, Jon Ingulf ^b,c  

^a NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Firefighting; Lactic acid blood; Metabolism oxygen consumption; Performance predictors

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FIRE PROTECTION; HOSPITALS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; OXYGEN; PHYSIOLOGY;

FIREFIGHTING; LACTIC ACID-BLOOD; METABOLISM-OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERFORMANCE PREDICTORS;

PERSONNEL TESTING;

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BREATHING APPARATUS; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FIRE FIGHTER; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARTTIME EMPLOYMENT; PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SELF EVALUATION; SIMULATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; EXERTION; FIRES; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 32844459526     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130500435793     Document Type: Article

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