Human performance and medical treatment during cold weather operations - synthesis of a symposium
In October 2022, the Human Factors and Medicine (HFM) panel of the NATO Science and Technology Organization convened a review of progress in military biomedical research for cold weather operations. This paper represents a summary of the research presentations and future directions. The importance o...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/30457 2023-09-26T15:17:13+02:00 Human performance and medical treatment during cold weather operations - synthesis of a symposium Mekjavic, Igor B Norheim, Arne Johan Friedl, Karl E. 2023-08-18 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/30457 https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2023.2246666 eng eng Taylor & Francis International Journal of Circumpolar Health Mekjavic, Norheim AJ, Friedl KE. Human performance and medical treatment during cold weather operations - synthesis of a symposium. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 2023 FRIDAID 2168556 doi:10.1080/22423982.2023.2246666 1239-9736 2242-3982 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/30457 Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) openAccess Copyright 2023 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2023 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2023.2246666 2023-08-30T23:07:28Z In October 2022, the Human Factors and Medicine (HFM) panel of the NATO Science and Technology Organization convened a review of progress in military biomedical research for cold weather operations. This paper represents a summary of the research presentations and future directions. The importance of realistic training was an overarching theme. Many reported studies took advantage of cold weather training exercises to monitor soldiers’ health and performance; these are valuable data, using winter exercises as a platform to gain further knowledge regarding human performance in the cold and represent an excellent extension of controlled laboratory studies. Topics also included prevention of Cold Weather Injuries (CWI); effects of cold weather stressors on cognitive function; field treatment of freezing cold injuries (FCI); and new consideration to injury and trauma care in the cold. Future work programmes re-emphasise development of cold weather training and establishment of consensus diagnostic criteria and treatments for FCI and non-FCI. CWI prevention should take advantage of biomathematical models that predict risk of CWI and provide guidance regarding optimal clothing and equipment and move from group averages to personalised predictions. The publication of selected presentations from the symposium in this special issue increases attention to military cold weather research. Article in Journal/Newspaper Circumpolar Health International Journal of Circumpolar Health University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive International Journal of Circumpolar Health 82 1 |
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In October 2022, the Human Factors and Medicine (HFM) panel of the NATO Science and Technology Organization convened a review of progress in military biomedical research for cold weather operations. This paper represents a summary of the research presentations and future directions. The importance of realistic training was an overarching theme. Many reported studies took advantage of cold weather training exercises to monitor soldiers’ health and performance; these are valuable data, using winter exercises as a platform to gain further knowledge regarding human performance in the cold and represent an excellent extension of controlled laboratory studies. Topics also included prevention of Cold Weather Injuries (CWI); effects of cold weather stressors on cognitive function; field treatment of freezing cold injuries (FCI); and new consideration to injury and trauma care in the cold. Future work programmes re-emphasise development of cold weather training and establishment of consensus diagnostic criteria and treatments for FCI and non-FCI. CWI prevention should take advantage of biomathematical models that predict risk of CWI and provide guidance regarding optimal clothing and equipment and move from group averages to personalised predictions. The publication of selected presentations from the symposium in this special issue increases attention to military cold weather research. |
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