Coping Skills Of Wildland Firefighters
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Acute upper and lower respiratory effects in wildland firefighters.
OBJECTIVES To assess acute respiratory effects experienced by wildland firefighters. METHODS We studied two Interagency Hotshot Crews with questionnaires, spirometry, and measurement of albumin, eosinophilic cationic protein (ECP), and myeloperoxidase (MPO) as indicators of inflammation in sputum and nasal lavage fluid. Assessments were made preseason, postfire, and postseason. RESULTS Fift...
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CONTEXT Although decline in lung function across workshift has been observed in wildland firefighters, measurements have been restricted to days when they worked at fires. Consequently, such results could have been confounded by normal circadian variation associated with lung function. OBJECTIVES We investigated the across-shift changes in lung function of wildland firefighters, and the effec...
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OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to assess the sleep quality, quantity, and fatigue levels of Canadian wildland firefighters while on deployment. METHODS Objective and subjective sleep and fatigue measures were collected using actigraphy and questionnaires during non-fire (Base) and fire (Initial Attack and Project) deployments. RESULTS Suboptimal sleep quality and quantity were more freq...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1530-0315,0195-9131
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000681000.06673.46