Blood pressure and heart rate responses in volunteer firefighters while wearing personal protective equipment
Abstract
Hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and obesity are global health problems and are a large concern for firefighters. The leading cause of death among firefighters is cardiac-related; hence, it is important to understand how firefighter personal protective equipment (PPE) affects cardiovascular responses to different activities. Volunteer firefighters represent 70% of all firefighters and are an understudied population. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to report blood pressure (BP) responses in volunteer firefighters.
Department
Kinesiology
Publication Date
8-2015
Journal Title
Blood Pressure Monitoring
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Feairheller DL. Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Responses in Volunteer Firefighters while Wearing Personal Protective Equipment. Blood Pressure Monitoring. 20(4), 194-198. 2015.
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