The impact of various rehydration volumes for firefighters wearing protective clothing in warm environments

Ergonomics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 418-433

  Selkirk, G A ^a   McLellan, Tom M ^a,b   Wong, J ^b  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exercise tolerance; Fluid replacement; Metabolic rate; Rectal temperature; Uncompensable heat stress

Indexed keywords

FITS AND TOLERANCES; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMAN ENGINEERING; STRESSES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FIREFIGHTERS PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; FLUID REPLACEMENT; METABOLIC RATE; RECTAL TEMPERATURE; UNCOMPENSABLE HEAT STRESS; WARM ENVIRONMENTS;

PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

ARTICLE; BREATHING APPARATUS; DEHYDRATION; EXHAUSTION; FIRE FIGHTER; HEART RATE; HEAT STRESS; HEAT TOLERANCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; REHYDRATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE;

FIRES; FLUID THERAPY; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RESCUE WORK;

EID: 33646711498     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130600558007     Document Type: Article

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