Longitudinally-Assessed Health Impacts of Wildland Firefighting

Details

• Personal Author:
  Semmens EO
• Description:
  What are the major goals of the project? 1. Investigate cross-sectional relationships between occupational exposure to wildland firefighting and markers of cardiovascular and respiratory health and hearing assessed in DOI MSP medical screening examinations between 2014 and 2016. Specifically, we will evaluate the impact of accumulated days on wildland fires, years in arduous duty wildland firefighting, and specific wildland firefighting tasks on: a) Electrocardiogram (ECG) findings: overall normal/abnormal, QT interval prolongation, and QRS widening; b) Blood pressure: systolic, diastolic, pulse, mean arterial pressure, and hypertension; c) Pulmonary function: forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1), and the FEV1 / FVC ratio; and d) hearing impairment: World Health Organization criteria. 2. Evaluate longitudinal impacts of wildland firefighting prior to the first available examination and between examinations on the markers of cardiovascular and respiratory health and hearing described in Aim 1. Collection of repeated measures of WFF health will be achieved through reconstruction of past DOI MSP medical screening history including examinations occurring between 2004-2011 and 2014-2016. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Electrocardiography Firefighters Fires Lung Occupational Health Respiratory System Safety Wildfires
• Keywords:
  Blood Pressure Cardiovascular Health Cross Sectional Studies Fire Fighters Hypertension Longitudinal Study Medical Screening Pulmonary Function Respiratory Health
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  Montana ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065088
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, R21-OH-011385, 2021 Nov; :1-11
• Contact Point Address:
  Erin O'Brien Semmens, AB MPH PHD, University of Montana, Office of Sponsored Programs 32 Campus Drive, 4104, Missoula, MT, 59812-4104
• Email:
  Erin.Semmens@umontana.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• NORA Priority Area:
  Public Safety
• Performing Organization:
  University of Montana, Missoula
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20180901
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20200831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fa47a45f85fc7d3182d8f1498796fe7398ec62efac91df6c784a84dfb059acf9c25d6bd30089020627cdd9b36cbe478b40081dbc6226880da018e6027e87b077
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219108/cdc_219108_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.18 MB ]