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ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY
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Chris Thornton
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ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY
give an example of a cold/hot job
Cold
Militray
Couriers
Industrial Butchers
EXPLORERS
Mountaineers / Alpinists
Hot
Steel Workers
Oil and Gas
Fireman
Chef
LIST THE SITES THAT T-CORE CAN BE MEASURED!
Oesophagel
Annotations:
- measurement through the nose. Sesceptable to changes in temp by swallowing salvia
Aural & tympanic
Annotations:
BRAIN TEMP THROUGH EAR
Rectal
Annotations:
Not near any organs, and is slow to change in temperature.
Gastrointestinal
Oral
Forehead & Axilary
Urine
DEFINE
Conduction
Annotations:
transfer of heat via a gradient
Convection
Annotations:
air rushing past a runner. return of blood from periphry
HOW MANY WATTS REQUIRED TO STAY IN THERMAL BALANCE?
70
HEAT BALANCE EQUATION
WHAT ARE THE STAGES OF RISK ASSOCIATED WITH CWI
INITIAL RESPONSE
PERIPHERAL COOLING
HYPOTHERMIA
POST IMMERSION COLLAPSE
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE INITIAL RESPONSE TO CWI
WATER TEMPERATURE
SURFACE ARE EXPOSED
PRIOR EXERCISE
GENDER
BREATH TIME HOLD IN AIR
CLOTHING
HABITUATION
FITNESS
ALCOHOL
CAUSES OF DROWNING
DISRUPTION OF SURFACTANT
INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE - PULMONARY OEDEMA
FLUID IN THE LUNGS
(INCREASED PULMONARY ARTERY PRESSURE)
DEATH THROUGH ASPHYXIA & CARDIAC FAILURE
84% OF PEOPLE INDIVIDUALS WHO DROWNED IN THE UK IN 2008 WOULD HAVE SURVIVED HAD THEY WORN A LIFE JACKET.
AT WHAT TEMPERATURE TCORE IS HYPOTHERMIA CLASSED?
35C (max shivering)
Annotations:
50% VO2MAX, anecdotal research showed shivering stopped around 30C energy depletion?
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