评估自闭式呼吸器 (SCBA) 对消防员耐力,舒适度和姿势稳定性的影响
Richard M Kesler1,2,3, Jeffrey Powell4, Dac Nguyen2
1Fire Safety Research Institute, UL Research Institutes, Columbia, MD, USA.
Ergonomics
|July 7, 2024
概括
更重的独立呼吸器 (SCBA) 负面影响消防员的舒适度和工作时间,尽管生理变化最小. 在添加新的SCBA功能时,应仔细考虑当前的重量限制.
科学领域:
- 职业安全与健康问题 职业安全与健康问题
- 消防员 表演 科学 科学
- 人类因素工程 人类因素工程
背景情况:
- 消防员使用个人防护设备 (PPE),包括自闭式呼吸器 (SCBA),以防范危险的火场环境.
- 国家标准对SCBA施加重量限制,但整合新功能可能会导致超过这些限制.
- 了解SCBA重量的影响对于消防员的安全和运营效率至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究使用不同重量的SCBA的消防员的生理反应,工作产量,动态稳定性和舒适度.
- 提供数据,可以为有关SCBA重量规则和设备设计的决策提供信息.
主要方法:
- 参与者在受控条件下进行模拟的消防活动.
- 测量了生理反应 (例如,氧气消耗),工作产出,动态稳定性和主观舒适度.
- 使用不同的SCBA重量来评估增加质量的影响.
主要成果:
- 模拟的消防活动引起了显著的生理反应.
- 与较重的SCBA相比,较轻的SCBA的峰值氧气消耗量更高.
- 增加的SCBA重量导致消防员的负面看法显著增加,并且在疲劳之前减少工作时间的趋势.
结论:
- 虽然生理差异很小,但SCBA重量增加显著影响了消防员的舒适度和感知力的努力.
- 这些发现表明,超过目前的SCBA重量限制可能会损害消防员的表现和幸福感.
- 对SCBA重量标准的建议应考虑这些主观和与性能相关的结果.
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