Open AccessCurrent and Future Cooling Technologies Used in Preventing Heat Illness and Improving Work Capacity for Battlefield Soldiers: Review of the Literature
Author(s) -
Reginald O’Hara,
Ed Eveland,
Sarah Fortuna,
Patricia Reilly,
Roberta L. Pohlman
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
military medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1930-613X
pISSN - 0026-4075
DOI - 10.7205/milmed.173.7.653
Subject(s) - battlefield , work (physics) , heat illness , current (fluid) , risk analysis (engineering) , medicine , computer science , mechanical engineering , engineering , electrical engineering , physics , ancient history , meteorology , history
The goals were to review the effectiveness of current cooling technologies used on the battlefield to reduce or to prevent heat illness in soldiers and to discuss possible alternative or improved cooling methods.
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