| Autor: |
Seims, A, O'Hara, J, King, RFGJ, Thomas, A, Cooke, CB |
| Rok vydání: |
2006 |
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| Zdroj: |
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 38:S58 |
| ISSN: |
0195-9131 |
| DOI: |
10.1249/00005768-200605001-01135 |
| Popis: |
It is important to employ training practices that ensure that fire-fighter instructors work in an environment which does not provoke unacceptable rises in core temperature (>38°C).\ud \ud PURPOSE: To assess the effects of a two-day fire-behaviour training (FBT) course on the core temperature (Tc) of fire-fighter instructors in order to establish whether current training practices ensure a safe working environment.\ud \ud METHODS: Eleven males (mean±sd age 38.3±4.3 yr, body mass 88.5±12.7 kg and stature 177.8±5.3 cm) from two regional training centres completed three days of standard FBT, wearing full protective clothing and breathing apparatus. Two consecutive days (HOT1 and HOT2, mean ambient temperature of 12.7°C) each consisted of a morning and an afternoon heat exposure (approximately 30 minutes in duration). The third day was a control (NORM), without heat exposure (mean Tc of 19.3 °C). Tc was measured at baseline (BASE) and at the start and end of the two exposures (PRE-AM, POST-AM and PRE-PM, POST-PM respectively) for each subject using a telemetry pill (HQ Inc, USA).\ud \ud RESULTS: There was a different pattern of Tc response over the two HOT days compared with the NORM day due to the significant increase in Tc associated with each of the heat exposures (p |
| Databáze: |
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