Sökning: "Firefighters"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 19 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Firefighters.
1. Exploring firefighters' health and wellbeing
Sammanfattning : Background: This thesis supports the assumption that firefighters’ health and mental well-being is important, in order to cope with the stress that the profession implies. As health is an essential part of everyday life, it seems substantially to understand how an almost exclusively male workforce of firefighters construct their discourse in relation to health and well-being. LÄS MER
2. Övning ger färdighet? : Lagarbete, riskhantering och känslor i brandmäns yrkesutbildning
Sammanfattning : Brandmän arbetar i situationer av stark osäkerhet och risk. Ett fungerande lagarbete är en förutsättning för att de ska kunna hantera de faror som förekommer vid olyckor, samordna sin verksamhet, rädda byggnader och fordon, ta hand om drabbade människor och även undvika att själva bli skadade. LÄS MER
3. Firefighters' physical work capacity
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to identify valid, simple, and inexpensive physical tests that can be used for evaluation of firefighters’ physical work capacity. Paper I included fulltime- and part-time firefighters (n = 193), aged 20-60 years. LÄS MER
4. Exercise Testing in Firefighters : Work Capacity and Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in a Low-Risk Population
Sammanfattning : Background. Firefighting is one of the most physically demanding occupations and it requires a high cardiorespiratory fitness level. LÄS MER
5. Vem har och tar ansvar! : – I Väntan På Ambulans (IVPA)-uppdrag i Glesbygdsmiljö
Sammanfattning : Aim: The overall aim was to explore and describe experiences from the perspective of different actors in While Waiting for Ambulance (WWFA) assignments in a rural environment. The four studies aimed: to describe WWFA and ambulance assignments in rural environments, focusing on frequency, event time and actions of firefighters before an ambulance arrives at the scene, and to evaluate these actions (I); to describe emergency situations involving WWFA assignment in a rural environment from the caller´s perspective (II); to describe compliance with the telephone-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (T-CPR) protocol, the performance of the laypersons in a simulated T-CPR situation, and the communication between laypersons and EMDs during these actions (III); to describe WWFA assignment in a rural environment from the firefighters’ and the ambulance staff’s perspective (IV). LÄS MER