| Keywords |
Fire protective clothing ; Self contained breathing apparatus ; Exercise |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to provide the effect of exercise on body temperature and heart Rate, blood components wearing Fire Protective Clothing (FPC) and Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA). Firefighting majoring students (n=8) were exercising on a treadmill for 15 minutes under two wearing conditions: FPC, FPC+SCBA. The results were as follows: Body temperature was significantly elevated mean skin temperature and tympanic temperature up to 5 minutes after starting exercise immediately after exercise in both groups with no difference between groups was reduced gradually recover during the recovery phase to a stable level. It was also aspects such as changes in heart rate. However, immediately after exercise, the SCBA is the difference between groups was significantly higher than the FPC. Plasma ACTH concentrations were significantly increased immediately after exercise than at rest in both groups, only SCBA reduced to a stable level during the recovery period was reduced significantly immediately after exercise. In addition, blood Serotonin levels were also significantly increased in both groups immediately after exercise compared to resting, recovering somewhat reduced, but remained significantly increased compared to the resting state. BDNF levels were significantly lower than recovery period compared to immediately after exercise. However, plasma CPR, Glucose, Cortisol concentrations and the activity of GPX was no significant difference between the measured period and groups. This study are expected to provide a basis for providing work safety standards for firefighters and will be able to be an opportunity to offer a wide variety of research methods than later. |