High work output combined with high ambient temperatures caused heat exhaustion in a wildland firefighter despite high fluid intake

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 122-125

  Cuddy, John S ^a   Ruby, Brent C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

fluid intake; heat exhaustion; wildland firefighters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; DRINKING; EXERCISE; FIRE; HEAT; HEAT EXHAUSTION; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BODY TEMPERATURE; DRINKING; FIRES; HEAT EXHAUSTION; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958760256     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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