Thermal Manikin Assessment of Various Methods of Rapidly Cooling Overheated Personnel
Abstract
This report provides a brief review of thermal manikin studies that were completed to estimate the cooling efficacy of commercially available products for the treatment of heat stroke. The US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Heat Injury Prevention Subcommittee (HIPS) asked the US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM) to study the efficacy of various methods of rapidly cooling overheated personnel as part their efforts to minimize risk associated with rigorous training. This project was conducted by USARIEM researchers in two steps. The first study, discussed in the present report, was conducted using an automated heated and sweating thermal manikin (TM). We used the TM model to quantify the efficacy of heat removal using iced bed sheets, and compared this heat removal with that of two commercially available products. For the purpose of the present report, we will quantify cooling as the process of heat removal (in Watts) from the TM. The second study, conducted inhuman subjects, followed up on the TM heat removal data and will be presented in a separate report.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 08, 2021
- Accession Number
- AD1150173
Entities
People
- Aaron R. Caldwell
- Julio A. Gonzalez
- Laurie A. Blanchard
- Nisha Charkoudian
Organizations
- United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine