游行安全和规划:游行乐队艺术家的热平衡案例研究
Ben Thigpen1, Andrew Grundstein1, Susan Yeargin2
1Department of Geography, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.
Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene
|July 15, 2024
概括
游行乐队 (MB) 艺术家因炎热天气,重型制服和长时间的活动而面临运动热病 (EHIs). 这项研究推更轻的制服和更好的规划,以防止未来游行中的EHI.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 运动医学 运动医学
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
背景情况:
- 游行乐队 (MB) 艺术家容易患有运动热病 (EHIs),但缺乏具体的热安全指南.
- 2018年布里斯托尔独立日游行的一项案例研究揭示了超过50个EHIs,其中25个影响了一个MB.
研究的目的:
- 在游行期间识别导致MB艺术家的EHI的因素.
- 为 MB 表演者制定基于证据的热安全建议.
主要方法:
- 使用人类热平衡模型与当地气象数据相结合.
- 在三个场景下模拟热应力:统一类型,天气条件和行进速度.
- 分析了服装,天气和代谢率对热应变的影响.
主要成果:
- 异常炎热,潮湿和阳光明的天气显著减少了蒸发和对流冷却.
- 完全 MB 制服降低了 50% 的蒸发冷却.
- 持续的游行活动 (无休息地长达4小时的4公里) 造成了无法弥补的热应激条件.
结论:
- 建议包括在炎热的天气中使用更轻的制服,并在游行前/后实施水分和阴影.
- 建议考虑游行路线,减少辐射热暴露.
- 强调需要适应和准备热量相关的健康影响在MB艺术家.
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