Medical Fitness (Subscribe)
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- Medical Evaluations (10)
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A step to wellness: NFPA 1582 in a volunteer department popular
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Humphreys, Richard A
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical fitness, medical standards, NFPA 1582%0a
Aging and the fitness of fire fighters: the complex issues involved in abolishing mandatory retirement ages. popular
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1405652
Author: K Saupe, M Sothmann, and D Jasenof
Date Published: September 1991
Publisher: American Journal of Public Health
Keywords: Initiative 6, physical fitness, medical fitness, administration, physical fitness standards, medical
Evaluating fitness-for-duty popular
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo33108.pdf
Author: Cody, William M.
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, physical fitness evaluations, medical evaluations, fitness-for-duty%0a
Evaluation of the implementation of a periodic medical examination program for the Fire Department of the City of New York popular
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo32797.pdf
Author: Peruggia, John J.
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical fitness, medical evaluations, medical fitness program%0a
Fire Department Physical Fitness: A Bullhead City Approach popular
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo28157.PDF
Author: Rick Southey
Date Published: February 1998
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, physical fitness programs, medical evaluations, strength and conditioning, wellness programs%0a
Firefighter medical screening popular
http://www2a.cdc.gov/hhe/select.asp?PjtName=9457&bFlag=0&ID=33
Author: Tubbs-RL; Mitchell-S; Anderson-KE
Date Published: 1984
Publisher: National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical fitness, medical screening, health hazard evaluation, risk reduction practices%0a
Guide to Implementing the IAFC/IAFF Fire Service Joint Labor Management Wellness/Fitness Initiative, Specially Designed for Small and Medium-Sized Fire Departments popular
http://www.iafc.org/associations/4685/files/wellness_fitness_smfd.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: Not Listed
Publisher: IAFC/IAFF
Keywords: Initiative 6, wellness programs, physical fitness, medical fitness%0a
The effects of adopting NFPA 1582 on the Bay County Fire Department popular
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo33144.pdf
Author: Majka, Robert J.
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical fitness, medical evaluations, medical fitness program, NFPA 1582, organization
Candidate and incumbent employees of the Cumberland Fire Department who have insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Small, Daniel R
Date Published: 2006
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, diabetes, medical fitness%0a
Cardiac stress tests or heart scans: assessing their effectiveness
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Kellen, Chris W
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical fitness, medical evaluations, cardiac stress tests, heart scans%0a
Cyanide: a ubiquitous product of combustion in modern fires
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb
Author: Walsh, Donald W.
Date Published: May-05
Publisher: Fire EMS
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, Initiative 6, medical fitness, cyanide, smoke inhalation%0a
Development and validation of a fitness screening protocol for firefighter applicants.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=1325259&query_hl=16&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Gledhill N, Jamnik VK.
Date Published: September 1992
Publisher: Canadian Journal of Sport Science
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical fitness, fitness evaluations, medical standards, fitness screening, recruit sc
Exercise Stress Tests
http://www.iaff.org/HS/Resi/stresstest.htm
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: Not Listed
Publisher: International Association of Fire Fighters
Keywords: Initiative 6, physical fitness, medical fitness, exercise stress test%0a
Firefighting and risk of testicular cancer: results from a German population-based case-control study
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=12594776&query_hl=8&itool=pubmed_docsum
Author: Stang, A; Jockel, KH; Baumgardt-Elms, C; Ahrens, W.
Date Published: 2003 Mar;43(3):291-4
Publisher: American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical risks, cancer, testicular cancer%0a
Health and Wellness Guide for the Volunteer Fire Service
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/fa-267.pdf
Author: Not Listed
Date Published: 2004
Publisher: US Fire Administration
Keywords: Initiative 6, wellness programs, physical fitness, medical fitness, volunteer fire departments%0a
Heart Healthy Firefighter Program: 2004 and 2005 Summary of Screening Results
http://www.healthy-firefighter.org/files/documents/2006nvfcsummarycharts.pdf
Author: L&T Health and Fitness
Date Published: 2004/2005
Publisher: National Volunteer Fire Council
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical fitness, medical screening, cardiovascular health%0a
Heart rate and ECG responses of fire fighters.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=1127475&query_hl=14&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Barnard RJ, Duncan HW.
Date Published: April 1975
Publisher: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical fitness, medical risks, heart rate, heart function, ECG responses%0a
Heart rate response of firefighters to actual emergencies. Implications for cardiorespiratory fitness
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1506937&dopt=Citation
Author: Sothmann, MS; Saupe, K; Jasenof, D; Blaney, J
Date Published: 1992 Aug;34(8):797-8
Publisher: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical fitness, heart rate, heart function, cardiorespiratory fitness%0a
Hydrogen Cyanide in Smoke: An Unrecognized Threat to the American Firefighter
http://manageyourair.com/articles/SMOKE_Education_Supplement_August_2006.pdf
Author: Walsh, Donald W.
Date Published: August 2006
Publisher: Cyanide Poisoning Treatment Coalition
Keywords: Initiative 2, environmental risks, Initiative 6, medical fitness, cyanide, smoke inhalation%0a
Is it time for Vashon Island Fire & Rescue (and the fire service) to just say no to tobacco use?
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/starweb/lrcweb/servlet.starweb?path=lrcweb/STARLibraries.web
Author: Wilson, Jim
Date Published: 2005
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical fitness standards, Initiative 1, culture change, tobacco, administration%0a
Near-maximal ECG stress testing and coronary artery disease risk factor analysis in Los Angeles City fire fighters.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=1195026&query_hl=14&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Barnard RJ, Gardner GW, Diaco NV, Kattus AA.
Date Published: November 1975
Publisher: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, ECG stress test, medical fitness, medical risks, coronary artery disease%0a
No smoking area - the need of a smoking control regulation for the Puerto Rico Fire Department
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/pdf/efop/efo36321.pdf
Author: Rodriguez, Carmen G.
Date Published: 2003
Publisher: National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical fitness, smoking control, wellness programs, smoking cessation%0a
Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Firefighters: A Prospective Cohort Study
http://www.obesityresearch.org/cgi/content/abstract/13/10/1756
Author: Elpidoforos S. Soteriades, Russ Hauser, Ichiro Kawachi,, Dimitrios Liarokapis, David C. Christiani,
Date Published: 13:1756-1763, 2005
Publisher: Obesity Research
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical fitness, medical risks, obesity, heart function, cardiovascular disease%0a
Pulmonary function and respiratory symptoms in wildland firefighters.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=1765858&query_hl=24&itool=pubmed_DocSum
Author: Rothman N, Ford DP, Baser ME, Hansen JA, O'Toole T, Tockman MS, Strickland PT.
Date Published: November 1991
Publisher: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical fitness, medical risks, lung function, respiratory symptoms, wildland firefighting%0a
Reducing Heart Disease Among Firefighters
http://www.emich.edu/cerns/downloads/papers/FireStaff/Unsorted/Reducing%2520Heart%2520Disease%2520Among%2520Firefighters.pdf
Author: David Bukis
Date Published: Aug-03
Publisher: Eastern Michigan University
Keywords: Initiative 6, medical fitness, heart disease, medical risks%0a