Open AccessElectrocardiographic Responses Following Live-Fire Firefighting Drills
Author(s) -
Denise L. Smith,
Gavin P. Horn,
Bo Fernhall,
Richard M. Kesler,
Kenneth W. Fent,
Stephen Kerber,
Thomas W. Rowland
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-5948
pISSN - 1076-2752
DOI - 10.1097/jom.0000000000001730
Subject(s) - firefighting , medicine , cardiology , myocardial ischemia , ischemia , electrocardiography , chemistry , organic chemistry
Firefighting-related environmental and physiological factors associated with cardiovascular strain may promote arrhythmias and myocardial ischemia, which induce sudden cardiac events (SCE) in susceptible individuals. The present study evaluated electrocardiographic (ECG) changes that may reflect increased SCE risk following simulated live-firefighting.