Cargando…
Frequency of firefighters’ heat-related illness and its association with removing personal protective equipment and working hours
The purpose of this study was to examine the frequency of firefighters’ heat-related illness (HRI) in the line of duty with relation to resting/working hours and the behaviour of taking off PPE during rest periods based on nationwide survey (N=674). The results showed that 74.8% of firefighters expe...
Autores principales: | KIM, Siyeon, KIM, Do-Hee, LEE, Hyo-Hyun, LEE, Joo-Young |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan
2018
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6546580/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30210098 http://dx.doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2018-0063 |
Ejemplares similares
-
An empirical investigation of firefighting personal protective equipment and burn injuries in Korea
por: KIM, Do-Hee, et al.
Publicado: (2021) -
Evaluation of firefighters' heat strain using heart rate during breaks at work
por: Kim, Siyeon, et al.
Publicado: (2015) -
A real-time heat strain index using foot temperature and heart rate while wearing personal protective equipment in hot environments
por: Lee, Joo-Young, et al.
Publicado: (2015) -
A review of test methods for evaluating mobility of firefighters wearing personal protective equipment
por: TOCHIHARA, Yutaka, et al.
Publicado: (2022) -
Contamination of UK firefighters personal protective equipment and workplaces
por: Wolffe, Taylor A. M., et al.
Publicado: (2023)