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Safety and Health at Work, 2015 Background: Overweight, obesity, and cardiovascular disease risk factors are prevalent among firefighters in some developed countries. It is unclear whether physical activity and cardiopulmonary fitness reduce cardiovascular disease risk and the ...
Clare C.W. Yu +7 more
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The effect of post-military reform on vicarious traumatization and work stress in firefighters: the mediating role of work alienation [PDF]
Scientific ReportsBased on conservation of resources (COR) theory, this study explored the relationships between vicarious traumatization, work alienation, and work stress in firefighters.
Weiling Cai, Kejun Liu, Zifeng Shen
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Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, 2021 Background Wound healing can result in various outcomes, including hypertrophic scar (HTS). Pigs serve as models to study wound healing as their skin shares physiologic similarity with humans.
Colton H. Funkhouser +5 more
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Evaluating the Biocompatibility of an Injectable Wound Matrix in a Murine Model
Gels, 2022 (1) Background: Developing a high-quality, injectable biomaterial that is labor-saving, cost-efficient, and patient-ready is highly desirable. Our research group has previously developed a collagen-based injectable scaffold for the treatment of a variety
Hatem Alnojeidi +2 more
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Influence of temperament on the professionalism of firefighters [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 The article discusses the features of temperament and its indicators in firefighters of different groups of professionalism. Temperament is understood in accordance with the formal-dynamic concept of V. M.
Belousova A, Osipov A, Ermak V
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Life, 2022 Objective: A quality improvement study to assess catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) rate post-implementation of a bladder catheter with integrated active drain line urine clearance and automated intra-abdominal pressure monitoring in a ...
Patrick Brockway +5 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are an important global issue, leading to poor patient outcomes. A potential route of transmission of HAIs is through contact with hospital privacy curtains.
Kianna Cadogan +9 more
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Lung cancer survival among Florida male firefighters
Frontiers in Oncology, 2023 IntroductionLung cancer is a leading cause of cancer incidence and death in the United States. Although most firefighters are fit and do not smoke, they are exposed to many known carcinogens during and in the aftermath of firefighting activities ...
Tulay Koru-Sengul +16 more
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Mortality due to malignant and non-malignant diseases in Korean professional emergency responders. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 This study was conducted to estimate the cause-specific mortality in male emergency responders (ER), compare with that of Korean men. Mortality was also compared between more experienced firefighters (i.e., firefighters employed ≥ 20 years and ...
Yeon-Soon Ahn, Kyoung Sook Jeong
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Evaluation of Korean Firefighters’ Fitness Using Candidate Physical Ability Test: Pilot Study [PDF]
The Asian Journal of Kinesiology, 2022 OBJECTIVES The Candidate Physical Ability Capability Test (CPAT) is a complex performance test to assess whether firefighters have sufficient ability to meet the physical demands of firefighting, and is widely used in many countries, especially in North ...
Ji-Been Kim +9 more
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