Physiological responses of medical team members to a simulated emergency in tropical field conditions

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-144

  Brearley, Matt B ^a   Heaney, Michael F ^b   Norton, Ian N ^a,b  

^a National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre   (Australia)

^b ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Core body temperature; Heat; Hydration; Physiological strain; Simulated emergency; Sweat; Thermal; Tropical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEHYDRATION; DISASTER PLANNING; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; RESCUE WORK; THERMOREGULATION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DEHYDRATION; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RESCUE WORK; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 84875949206     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X12001847     Document Type: Article

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