Physiological Evaluation of Cooling Devices in Conjunction with Personal Protective Ensembles Recommended for Use in West Africa

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 573-579

  Quinn, Tyler ^a   Kim, Jung Hyun ^a   Strauch, Amanda ^a   Wu, Tianzhou ^a   Powell, Jeffery ^a   Roberge, Raymond ^a   Shaffer, Ronald ^a   Coca, Aitor ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

disease outbreaks; emergency medicine; emergency preparedness; environmental exposure; extreme heat

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE DEVICE EFFECT; AFRICA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CRYOTHERAPY; DISASTER PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEAT; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CRYOTHERAPY; DISASTER PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85015656609     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2016.209     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. de Almeida R, Veiga MM, de Castro MDF, et al. Thermal comfort and personal protective equipment (PPE). Work. 2011;41:4979-4982.
2. Havenith G, den Hartog E, Martini S. Heat stress in chemical protective clothing: porosity and vapour resistance. Ergonomics. 2011;54(5): 497-507. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2011.558638.
3. Guidance on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) To Be Used By Healthcare Workers during Management of Patients with Confirmed Ebola or Persons under Investigation (PUIs) for EbolaWho Are Clinically Unstable or Have Bleeding, Vomiting, or Diarrhea in US Hospitals, Including Procedures for Donning and Doffing PPE. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/healthcareus/ppe/guidance.html. Last updated August 27, 2015. Accessed
4. Chertow DS, Kleine C, Edwards JK, et al. Ebola virus disease in West Africa-clinical manifestations and management. N Engl J Med. 2014;371(22):2054-2057. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp1413084.
5. Wolz A. Face to face with Ebola-An emergency care center in Sierra Leone. N Engl J Med. 2014;371(12):1081-1083. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp1410179.
6. Coca A, DiLeo T, Kim JH, et al. Baseline evaluation with a sweating thermal manikin of personal protective ensembles recommended for use in West Africa. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2015;9(05):536-542. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2015.97.
7. International Organization for Standardisation. 10551, Ergonomics of the Thermal Environment-Assessment of the Influence of the Thermal Environment Using Subjective Judgment Scales. Geneva: International Organization for Standardisation; 1995.
8. International Organization for Standardisation. 7730, Ergonomics of the Thermal Environment-Analytical Determination and Interpretation of Thermal Comfort Using Calculation of the PMV and PPD Indices and Local Thermal Comfort Criteria. Geneva: International Organization for Standardisation; 2005.
9. Borg GA. Psychophysical bases of perceived exertion. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 1982;14(5):377-381. https://doi.org/10.1249/00005768-198205000-00012.
10. Hancock P, Vasmatzidis I. Effects of heat stress on cognitive performance: The current state of knowledge. Int J Hyperthermia. 2003;19(3):355-372. https://doi.org/10.1080/0265673021000054630.
11. Gralton J, Rawlinson WD, McLaws ML. Health care workers perceptions predicts uptake of personal protective equipment. Am J Infect Control. 2013;41(1):2-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2012.01.019.
12. Chou C, Tochihara Y, Kim T. Physiological and subjective responses to cooling devices on firefighting protective clothing. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2008;104(2):369-374. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-007-0665-7.
13. Hasegawa H, Takatori T, Komura T, et al. Wearing a cooling jacket during exercise reduces thermal strain and improves endurance exercise performance in a warm environment. J Strength Cond Res. 2005; 19(1):122-128.
14. Kenny GP, Schissler AR, Stapleton J, et al. Ice cooling vest on tolerance for exercise under uncompensable heat stress. J Occup Environ Hyg. 2011;8(8):484-491. https://doi.org/10.1080/15459624.2011.596043.
15. Lefferts WK, Heffernan KS, Hultquist EM, et al. Vascular and central hemodynamic changes following exercise-induced heat stress. Vasc Med. 2015;20(3):222-229. https://doi.org/10.1177/1358863X14566430.
16. Smolander J, Kuklane K, Gavhed D, et al. Effectiveness of a light-weight ice-vest for body cooling while wearing fire fighters protective clothing in the heat. Int J Occup Saf Ergon. 2004;10(2):111-117. https://doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2004.11076599.
17. Fehling PC, Haller JM, Lefferts WK, et al. Effect of exercise, heat stress and dehydration on myocardial performance. Occup Med. 2015; 65(4):317-323. https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqv015.
18. Gao C, Kuklane K, Holmér I. Cooling vests with phase change material packs: The effects of temperature gradient, mass and covering area. Ergonomics. 2010;53(5):716-723. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140130903581649.
19. Holmer I. Protective clothing in hot environments. Ind Health. 2006; 44(3):404-413. https://doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.44.404.
20. US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Women in the Labor Force: A Databook. https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/womens-databook/archive/women-in-Thelabor-force-A-databook-2015.pdf. Published December 2015. Accessed February 13, 2017.