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Citation:Ghodsiniya MH , Habibi E. The Effects of Alarm on the Situation Awareness in Firefighter. Archives of Occupational Health. 2019;
3(2): 307-13.
Article History: Received:4 October 2018, Revised:16 November 2018, Accepted: 9 December 2018
Copyright: ©2019 The Author(s); Published by Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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1 Human Environment and Sustainable Development Research Center,Najafabad Branch,Islamic Azad University,Najafabad,Iran• 2 Department of Environmental Management, Najafabad Branch, Islamic azad University,Najafabad,Iran• 3 Professor Ehsan habibi, faculty of Health,dept.occupational Health and Ergonomics Safety Isfahan university of medical sciences• *Corresponding Author. Ehsan Habibi, Email:[email protected] Tel:+98-913-1131623
Abstract
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Methods:
Results:
Conclusion:
Keywords:
Introduction
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Table 1. The mean systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, blood oxygen levels and heart rate of the firefighters before and after
the alarms.
Variable Before alarm After alarm
Mean Mean P
Systolic blood pressure
(SD)mmHg 118.60 (8.90) 113.20 (13.90) 0.02 Diastolic blood pressure mmHg 72.00 (10.30) 67.50 (9.80) 0.03 Blood oxygen level (%) 96.50 (1.80) 95.80 (2.60) 0.20 Heart rate (BPM) 71.70 (10.70) 75.40 (11.20) 0.02
*P= 0.05
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Table 2.Pearson correlation coefficients between the work experience of firefighters and situational awareness score, reduction in systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure and blood oxygen
levels, and increase in heart rate
Variable Work experience
r P
Situational awareness score 0.39 0.04*
Reduction in systolic blood pressure 0.16 0.40 Reduction in diastolic blood pressure -0.21 0.27 Reduction in blood oxygen level -0.30 0.11
Increase in heart rate -0.38 0.04
*P=0.05
Results
Discussion
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Acknowledgments
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