Comparison of Cardiocirculatory and Thermal Strain of Male Firefighters During Fire Suppression to Exercise Stress Test and Aerobic Exercise Testing

Angerer, Peter; Kadlez-Gebhardt, Silke; Delius, Michael; Petru, Raluca; Nowak, Dennis A.

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.07.052

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“…An increase in heart rate in all three tasks is consistent with previous , 1996) and 177 +/-23 bpm during a large fire simulation structure, where 7 of the 49 firefighters taking part exceeded their age predicted maximum (Angerer et al, 2008). However, the generalisation of findings of SCBA studies have been acknowledged as being highly task dependent and as such great care is needed to transfer observations from one study to another (Rayson, 2005).…”

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Psychophysiological responses in experienced firefighters undertaking repeated self-contained breathing apparatus tasks

et al. 2014

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Mark (2014) Psychophysiological responses in experienced firefighters undertaking repeated self-contained breathing apparatus tasks. Ergonomics, 57 (12). pp. 1898 -1906 . ISSN 1366 Published by: Taylor Northumbria University has developed Northumbria Research Link (NRL) to enable users to access the University's research output. Copyright © and moral rights for items on NRL are retained by the individual author(s) and/or other copyright owners. Single copies of full items can be reproduced, displayed or performed, and given to third parties in any format or medium for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-profit purposes without prior permission or charge, provided the authors, title and full bibliographic details are given, as well as a hyperlink and/or URL to the original metadata page. The content must not be changed in any way. Full items must not be sold commercially in any format or medium without formal permission of the copyright holder. The full policy is available online: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/policies.html This document may differ from the final, published version of the research and has been made available online in accordance with publisher policies. To read and/or cite from the published version of the research, please visit the publisher's website (a subscription may be required.) exercises. This study has shown high cardiovascular demand regardless of environmental temperatures; no significant changes in mood constructs, and no differences in self-reported measures of demands between the tasks.

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“…However, the tasks involved in structural firefighting may involve both greater exercise intensities than those carried out by wildland firefighters and a greater heat load and the weight of personal protective gear. Structural firefighters endure mean environmental temperatures of between 46 and 200°C (Smith et al 2001;Angerer et al 2008), while the temperature range analyzed in this study was 27.0 ± 0.6°C. Similarly, the equipment carried by structural firefighters is heavier (*23 kg) than that used by wildland firefighters (*6 kg), provoking an additional effort and an increase in cardiovascular strain (Richmond et al 2008).…”

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“…Many studies have analyzed the physiological strain of structural firefighters during fire suppression activities using heart rate (Smith et al 2001;Bos et al 2004;Eglin et al 2004;Eglin and Tipton 2005;von Heimburg et al 2006;Angerer et al 2008;Richmond et al 2008) and core temperature (Eglin et al 2004;Eglin and Tipton 2005;Angerer et al 2008). However, comparatively little information about the physiological challenges associated with wildfire firefighting is available Budd 2001;Ruby et al 2002;Heil 2002;Cuddy et al 2007).…”

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Physiological work demands of Spanish wildland firefighters during wildfire suppression

Rodríguez-Marroyo

López-Satué

Pernía

et al. 2011

Int Arch Occup Environ Health

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“…However, the peak loads may be very high in energetic requirements and may lead to excessive fatigue. Heat load increases the circulatory strain, and the heart rates during real-life fire suppression are higher than measured oxygen consumption predicts [11,12]. Many studies have measured only live-fire simulated firefighting drills, which means that the overall strain of the work shift is not taken into account.…”

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Recovery of rescuers from a 24-h shift and its association with aerobic fitness

Lyytikäinen¹,

Toivonen²,

Hynynen³

et al. 2017

Int J Occup Med Environ Health

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Objectives: Rescuers work in 24-h shifts and the demanding nature of the occupation requires adequate recovery between work shifts. The purpose of this study has been to find out what kind of changes in autonomic control may be seen during work shift and its recovery period in the case of rescuers. An additional interest has been to see if aerobic fitness is associated with recovery from work shifts. Material and Methods: Fourteen male rescuers (aged 34±9 years old) volunteered to participate in the study. Heart rate variability (HRV) was recorded for 96 h to study stress and recovery, from the beginning of a 24-h work shift to the beginning of the next shift. Aerobic fitness assessment included maximal oxygen uptake (VO 2max ) estimation with a submaximal bicycle ergometer test. Salivary cortisol samples were collected 0 min, 15 min, and 30 min after awakening on the 3 resting days. Results: Some HRV parameters showed enhanced autonomic control after the work shift. Stress percentage decreased from the working day to the 2nd rest day (p < 0.05). However, maximal oxygen uptake was not associated with enhanced parasympathetic cardiac control (p > 0.05). Cortisol awakening response was attenuated right after the work shift. Conclusions: The HRV findings show that recovery after a long work shift takes several days. Thus, rescuers should pay attention to sufficient recovery before the next work shift, and an integrated model of perceived and physiological measurements could be beneficial to assess cardiovascular strain among rescuers with long work shifts.

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Comparison of Cardiocirculatory and Thermal Strain of Male Firefighters During Fire Suppression to Exercise Stress Test and Aerobic Exercise Testing

Cited by 38 publications

References 17 publications

Psychophysiological responses in experienced firefighters undertaking repeated self-contained breathing apparatus tasks

Psychophysiological responses in experienced firefighters undertaking repeated self-contained breathing apparatus tasks

Physiological work demands of Spanish wildland firefighters during wildfire suppression

Recovery of rescuers from a 24-h shift and its association with aerobic fitness

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