A quiet firehouse: reducing environmental stimuli among professional on-duty firefighters - Carey MG, Baldzizhar AN, Miterko CR, Qualls BW, Vincent RL, Merrick R, Dean GE.

OBJECTIVE: Firehouse alarms are so loud they cause a systemic response, similar to the flight-or-flight response. The purpose of the study was to reduce firehouse environmental stimuli to improve sleep quality and, thus, reduce cardiac burden. METH...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news