ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

give an example of a cold/hot job
1. Cold
  1. Militray
  2. Couriers
  3. Industrial Butchers
  4. EXPLORERS
    1. Mountaineers / Alpinists
2. Hot
  1. Steel Workers
  2. Oil and Gas
  3. Fireman
  4. Chef
LIST THE SITES THAT T-CORE CAN BE MEASURED!
1. Oesophagel
  Annotations:
  - - measurement through the nose. Sesceptable to changes in temp by swallowing salvia
2. Aural & tympanic
  Annotations:
  - BRAIN TEMP THROUGH EAR
3. Rectal
  Annotations:
  - Not near any organs, and is slow to change in temperature.
4. Gastrointestinal
5. Oral
6. Forehead & Axilary
7. Urine
DEFINE
1. Conduction
  Annotations:
  - transfer of heat via a gradient
2. Convection
  Annotations:
  - air rushing past a runner. return of blood from periphry
HOW MANY WATTS REQUIRED TO STAY IN THERMAL BALANCE?
1. 70
HEAT BALANCE EQUATION
WHAT ARE THE STAGES OF RISK ASSOCIATED WITH CWI
1. INITIAL RESPONSE
  1. PERIPHERAL COOLING
    1. HYPOTHERMIA
      1. POST IMMERSION COLLAPSE
2. FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE INITIAL RESPONSE TO CWI
  1. WATER TEMPERATURE
  2. SURFACE ARE EXPOSED
  3. PRIOR EXERCISE
  4. GENDER
  5. BREATH TIME HOLD IN AIR
  6. CLOTHING
  7. HABITUATION
  8. FITNESS
  9. ALCOHOL
CAUSES OF DROWNING
1. DISRUPTION OF SURFACTANT
2. INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE - PULMONARY OEDEMA
3. FLUID IN THE LUNGS
  1. (INCREASED PULMONARY ARTERY PRESSURE)
4. DEATH THROUGH ASPHYXIA & CARDIAC FAILURE
5. 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?
1. 35C (max shivering)
  Annotations:
  - 50% VO2MAX, anecdotal research showed shivering stopped around 30C energy depletion?

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