Nature, correlates, and consequences of stress-related biological reactivity and regulation in Army nurses during combat casualty simulation

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 135-144

  McGraw, Leigh K ^a   Out, Dorothée ^b,d   Hammermeister, Jon J ^c   Ohlson, Carl J ^c   Pickering, Michael A ^c   Granger, Douglas A ^d  

^a Joint Base Lewis McChord   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Alpha amylase; Army nurses; Blood pressure; Combat casualty stress task; Gender; Heart rate; Salivary cortisol

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARMY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BATTLE INJURY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMBAT CASUALITY STRESS SCENARIO; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; RESCUE WORK; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLE; EMOTIONS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NURSES; NURSES, MALE; PATIENT SIMULATION; SALIVA; SALIVARY ALPHA-AMYLASES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYSTOLE; TRIAGE; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870390096     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.05.009     Document Type: Article

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