Heat stress and bulkiness of chemical protective clothing impair performance of medical personnel in basic lifesaving tasks

Ergonomics

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1011-1022

  Rissanen, Sirkka ^a   Jousela, Irma ^b,c   Jeong, Jeong Rim ^d   Rintamaki, Hannu ^a,e  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b Center for Military Medicine   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cannulation; Cold strain; Heat strain; NBC; Paramedic; Ventilation assistance

Indexed keywords

COLD CONDITIONS; HEAT STRESSING; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; SKIN TEMPERATURES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; COLD STRESS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEART RATE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RESUSCITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART RATE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 46249128376     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130701813160     Document Type: Article

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