Comparison of Thermal Manikin Modeling and Human Subjects' Response during Use of Cooling Devices under Personal Protective Ensembles in the Heat

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 279-287

  Quinn, Tyler ^a   Kim, Jung Hyun ^a   Seo, Yongsuk ^a   Coca, Aitor ^a  

^a National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

cooling devices; Ebola; emergency preparedness; environmental exposure; thermal manikin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEAT; HUMAN; MALE; MANIKIN; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; THERMOREGULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD TEMPERATURE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIKINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85045683062     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X18000328     Document Type: Article

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