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Physiological Demands of a Self-Paced Firefighter Air-Management Course and Determination of Work Efficiency

Autor: Andrew R. Jagim, Joel A. Luedke, Ward C. Dobbs, Thomas Almonroeder, Adam Markert, Annette Zapp, Andrew T. Askow, Richard M. Kesler, Jennifer B. Fields, Margaret T. Jones, Jacob L. Erickson

Publikováno v: Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, Vol 8, Iss 1, p 21 (2023)

Firefighters often complete air management courses (AMC) to assess the ability to tolerate personal protective equipment, appropriately manage the breathing system and assess occupational performance. Little information is known relative to the physi

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Quantification of Elevated Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN) Concentration Typical in a Residential Fire Environment Using Mid-IR Tunable Diode Laser

Autor: Shruti Ghanekar, Gavin P. Horn, Richard M. Kesler, Rajavasanth Rajasegar, Jihyung Yoo, Tonghun Lee

Publikováno v: Applied Spectroscopy. 77:382-392

A versatile portable tunable diode laser based measurement system for measuring elevated concentrations of hydrogen cyanide (HCN) in a time-resolved manner is developed for application in the fire environment. The direct absorption tunable diode lase

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https://doi.org/10.1177/00037028231152498

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Evaluating Exposure to VOCs and Naphthalene for Firefighters Wearing Different PPE Configurations through Measures in Air, Exhaled Breath, and Urine

Autor: Horn, Alexander C. Mayer, Kenneth W. Fent, Andrea F. Wilkinson, I-Chen Chen, Miriam R. Siegel, Christine Toennis, Deborah Sammons, Juliana Meadows, Richard M. Kesler, Steve Kerber, Denise L. Smith, Farzaneh Masoud, Deepak Bhandari, Yuesong Wang, Benjamin C. Blount, Antonia M. Calafat, Gavin P.

Publikováno v: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 20; Issue 12; Pages: 6057

Firefighters are at an increased risk of cancer due to their occupational exposure to combustion byproducts, especially when those compounds penetrate the firefighter personal protective equipment (PPE) ensemble. This has led to questions about the i

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Evaluation of the airway mechanics of modified toggle laryngoplasty constructs using a vacuum chamber airflow model

Autor: Richard M. Kesler, Matthew C. Stewart, Annette M. McCoy, David J. Schaeffer, Sarah M. Gray, Santiago D. Gutierrez-Nibeyro, Laurent L. Couëtil, Gavin P. Horn

Publikováno v: Veterinary Surgery. 50:1409-1417

Objective To evaluate the airway mechanics of modified toggle LP constructs in an airflow chamber model and compare these to the airway mechanics of standard LP constructs. Study design Ex-vivo experimental study. Sample population Fifty-one equine c

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https://doi.org/10.1111/vsu.13690

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Impact of select PPE design elements and repeated laundering in firefighter protection from smoke exposure

Autor: Kenneth W. Fent, Denise L. Smith, Steve Kerber, Steve Bertke, Richard M. Kesler, Hannah Newman, Alexander C. Mayer, Gavin P. Horn

Publikováno v: J Occup Environ Hyg

As the Fire Service becomes more aware of the potential health effects from occupational exposure to hazardous contaminants, personal protective equipment (PPE) manufacturers and fire departments have responded by developing and implementing improved

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https://doi.org/10.1080/15459624.2020.1811869

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Development of Fireground Exposure Simulator (FES) Prop for PPE Testing and Evaluation

Autor: Steve Kerber, Jeffery Lattz, Alex Mayer, Richard M. Kesler, Kenneth W. Fent, Gavin P. Horn, Denise L. Smith

Publikováno v: Fire Technol

Research on the performance of personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Fire Service is challenged by the ability to repeatedly and feasibly test new designs, interventions and wear trials in realistic conditions that appropriately simulate end us

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10694-020-00981-3

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Electrocardiographic Responses Following Live-Fire Firefighting Drills

Autor: Kenneth W. Fent, Richard M. Kesler, Denise L. Smith, Thomas W. Rowland, Gavin P. Horn, Bo Fernhall, Stephen Kerber

Publikováno v: Journal of occupational and environmental medicine

Objective: Firefighting-related environmental and physiological factors associated with cardiovascular strain may promote arrhythmias and myocardial ischemia, which induce sudden cardiac events (SCE) in susceptible individuals. The present study eval

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https://doi.org/10.1097/jom.0000000000001730

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Fitness Fights Fires: Exploring the Relationship between Physical Fitness and Firefighter Ability

Autor: Richard M. Kesler, Allyson G. Box, Steven J. Petruzzello, Annmarie Chizewski

Publikováno v: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11733, p 11733 (2021)
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume 18
Issue 22

Background: Regular exercise in firefighters may be effective in preventing or attenuating ill health (e.g., hypertension, diabetes, and obesity), as well as improving their firefighting ability. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relat

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https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/22/11733

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Firefighter and fire instructor’s physiological responses and safety in various training fire environments

Autor: Jacob W. Stewart, Kenneth W. Fent, Richard M. Kesler, Steve Kerber, Denise L. Smith, William S. Scott, Jacob P. DeBlois, Bo Fernhall, Gavin P. Horn

Publikováno v: Safety Science. 116:287-294

For firefighters around the world, fire training is necessary to ensure operational readiness, but can be hazardous. Fire instructors routinely attempt to design safe but realistic scenarios and may do so in very different thermal environments. Yet,

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2019.03.017

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Ex-Vivo Porcine Skin Model for Estimation of Trapped Occupant Burn Risk in Pre- and Post-suppression Fire Environments

Autor: Robin Zevotek, Richard M. Kesler, Gavin P. Horn, Tonghun Lee, Steve Kerber, Nicholas Traina

Publikováno v: Fire Technology. 55:2465-2489

There are currently important questions in the fire service as to the efficacy of various fire attack methods, both in terms of rapidly suppressing the fire and for potentially impacting the burn risk for occupants in the structure. A series of 24 fu

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10694-019-00876-y

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