The international community has recognized global warming as an impending catastrophe
that poses significant threat to life on earth. In response, the signatories of the Paris …

• Most firefighters recover from the stress of firefighting without incident. However, the
cardiovascular strain of firefighting may trigger a cardiovascular event in firefighters with an …

People undertaking prolonged vigorous exercise experience substantial bodily fluid losses
due to thermoregulatory sweating. If these fluid losses are not replaced, endurance capacity …

Firefighters' thermal burden is generally attributed to high heat loads from the fire and
metabolic heat generation, which may vary between job assignments and suppression tactic …

Abstract Lesniak, AY, Bergstrom, HC, Clasey, JL, Stromberg, AJ, and Abel, MG. The effect of
personal protective equipment on firefighter occupational performance. J Strength Cond Res …

Exercise-induced dehydration can lead to impaired perfusion to multiple regional tissues
and organs. We propose that the impact of dehydration on regional blood flow and …

Claude Bernard's milieu intérieur (internal environment) and the associated concept of
homeostasis are fundamental to the understanding of the physiological responses to …

BACKGROUND: Firefighters' activities require constant adjustments of the cardiovascular
system with cardiac autonomic function (CAF) playing an important role. Despite the crucial …

Purpose To assess whether ad libitum water ingestion of different temperatures is sufficient
to prevent dehydration-related exacerbations of thermal and cardiovascular strain, during …

ObjectiveCooling devices (CDs) worn under personal protective equipment (PPE) can
alleviate some of the heat stress faced by health care workers responding to the Ebola …