Physiological Reactions Associated with Human Recovery from Exposure to Hot and Cold Environments. 1. Recovery from Exposure to Hot Environments

Abstract

Five different laboratory studies were conducted in an effort to find the ways in which allotted time of work in the heat, recovery time and recovery thermal environment affect men. Neutral-dry or cool-dry recovery conditions were shown to favor rapid unloading of accumulated body heat. The usefulness of heart rate as a practical criterion for termination of exposures and for establishing duration of recovery periods was examined. Better understanding of the meaning of heart rate responses is required before this criterion can be adopted.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 10, 1959
Accession Number
AD0678599

Entities

People

  • Bruce A. Hertig
  • Harwood S. Belding
  • Marvin L. Riedesel

Organizations

  • University of Pittsburgh

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Facilities
  • Blood Flow
  • Body Temperature
  • Clothing
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Heart Rate
  • Heat Energy
  • Medical Laboratories
  • Military Personnel
  • Production
  • Public Health
  • Research Facilities
  • Sweating
  • Thermal Stresses
  • Vapor Pressure
  • Wet Bulb Temperature

Readers

  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.
  • Toxicology/Environmental Toxicology