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Extremity cooling during an arctic diving training exercise
A field study was conducted to examine the vulnerability of military divers to non-freezing cold injury (NFCI) during Arctic ice-diving operations. Participants were instrumented with temperature sensors on the back of their hands and on the bottom of their big toe for each dive to measure cooling o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10044145/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36966493 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2023.2190488 |
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description | A field study was conducted to examine the vulnerability of military divers to non-freezing cold injury (NFCI) during Arctic ice-diving operations. Participants were instrumented with temperature sensors on the back of their hands and on the bottom of their big toe for each dive to measure cooling of their extremities. While NFCI was not diagnosed in any of the participants during this field study, the data indicate that the feet were particularly vulnerable during the dives given that they were mostly in a temperature zone that could cause pain and performance decrements. The data also show that for short term dives, the dry and wet suits with wet gloves in both configurations were thermally more comfortable for the hands than the dry suit with dry glove configuration; however, the latter would be more protective against potential NFCI during longer dives. Features such as hydrostatic pressure and repetitive diving that are unique to diving but not previously considered as risk factors for NFCI are examined herein and warrant deeper investigation given that symptoms of NFCI might be mistaken as decompression sickness. |
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spelling | pubmed-100441452023-03-29 Extremity cooling during an arctic diving training exercise Sullivan-Kwantes, Wendy Tikuisis, Peter Int J Circumpolar Health Arctic Military Conference in Cold Weather Medicine A field study was conducted to examine the vulnerability of military divers to non-freezing cold injury (NFCI) during Arctic ice-diving operations. Participants were instrumented with temperature sensors on the back of their hands and on the bottom of their big toe for each dive to measure cooling of their extremities. While NFCI was not diagnosed in any of the participants during this field study, the data indicate that the feet were particularly vulnerable during the dives given that they were mostly in a temperature zone that could cause pain and performance decrements. The data also show that for short term dives, the dry and wet suits with wet gloves in both configurations were thermally more comfortable for the hands than the dry suit with dry glove configuration; however, the latter would be more protective against potential NFCI during longer dives. Features such as hydrostatic pressure and repetitive diving that are unique to diving but not previously considered as risk factors for NFCI are examined herein and warrant deeper investigation given that symptoms of NFCI might be mistaken as decompression sickness. Taylor & Francis 2023-03-26 /pmc/articles/PMC10044145/ /pubmed/36966493 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2023.2190488 Text en © 2023 Crown Copyright. Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. |
spellingShingle | Arctic Military Conference in Cold Weather Medicine Sullivan-Kwantes, Wendy Tikuisis, Peter Extremity cooling during an arctic diving training exercise |
title | Extremity cooling during an arctic diving training exercise |
title_full | Extremity cooling during an arctic diving training exercise |
title_fullStr | Extremity cooling during an arctic diving training exercise |
title_full_unstemmed | Extremity cooling during an arctic diving training exercise |
title_short | Extremity cooling during an arctic diving training exercise |
title_sort | extremity cooling during an arctic diving training exercise |
topic | Arctic Military Conference in Cold Weather Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10044145/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36966493 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2023.2190488 |
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