A practical cooling strategy for reducing the physiological strain associated with firefighting activity in the heat

Ergonomics

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 413-420

  Barr, D ^a   Gregson, W ^a   Sutton, L ^a   Reilly, T ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Core temperature; Firefighter; Heat stress; Recovery strategy

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; COOLING STRATEGY; CORE BODY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; FIREFIGHTER; HEART RATES; HEAT STRESS; MEAN SKIN TEMPERATURE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRAINS; RECOVERY STRATEGY; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; THERMAL SENSATIONS; TREADMILL WALKING; WATER IMMERSION;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COOLING; ERGONOMICS; HUMIDITY CONTROL; ICE CONTROL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL STRESS;

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FIRE FIGHTER; HEART RATE; HEAT SENSATION; HEAT STRESS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; JOB STRESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SIMULATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING; WATER IMMERSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; EXERCISE TEST; FIRE; HEAT EXHAUSTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRYOTHERAPY; EXERCISE TEST; FIRES; HEART RATE; HEAT EXHAUSTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

EID: 67651206068     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130802707675     Document Type: Conference Paper

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