scholarly journals Research on labor consumption and rescuers’ physiological parameters progress in the case of practical training in a mobile training facility

2022 ◽  
Vol 354 ◽  
pp. 00053
Author(s):  
Cristian Nicolescu ◽  
George Artur Găman ◽  
Daniel Pupăzan ◽  
Cosmin Ilie
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Physiological Parameters ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Training Methods ◽  
Training Process ◽  
Training Facility ◽  
Intervention Process ◽  
Low Visibility ◽  
Rescue Personnel ◽  
Labor Consumption

An important factor in ensuring success in an intervention operation in dangerous environments lays in the training process, in conditions as close as possible to real intervention situations, as well as the manner of setting up rescue teams. In order to organize the intervention process as efficiently as possible, when setting up rescue teams we must take into account work consumption and physiological parameters achieved by members of the rescue teams during practical training carried out within the mobile training facility. In case of special incidents, the rescue intervention can take place in areas with small (limited) sections, spaces with high temperature, in low visibility conditions, which would make rescuers’ intervention even more difficult. Conditions mentioned above can be easily created within the rescuers’ mobile training facility, endowment of INSEMEX Petroșani, facility that through its equipment and facilities, allows monitoring of labour consumption and physiological parameters of rescuers throughout and in all training situations. The current paper presents training methods of intervention and rescue personnel within the mobile training facility and progress of work consumption / physiological parameters of rescuers throughout these practical exercises, with the aim of preparing intervention and rescue teams for situations close to real ones.

scholarly journals Peculiarities of a mobile workout training facility for rescuer’s practical training

2020 ◽  
Vol 305 ◽  
pp. 00056
Author(s):  
Cristian Nicolescu ◽  
George Artur Găman ◽  
Daniel Pupăzan ◽  
Cosmin Ilie ◽  
Izabella Kovacs
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Maximum Yield ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Training Process ◽  
Rescue Operation ◽  
Confined Spaces ◽  
Training Facility ◽  
Low Visibility ◽  
High Maximum

One of the most important factors in the success of an intervention/rescue operation in toxic/ flammable / explosive environments is appropriate training process for rescue personnel taking part in these interventions. Intervention can take place in small (confined) spaces, in high temperature / humidity areas, with low visibility conditions, which would make rescuer’s activity even more difficult, during interventions. Training is a process of psychophysiological preparation, which produces a high (maximum) return in professional activity of rescuers. The maximum yield is obtained by increasing the body’s functional capacity to highest degree. For this purpose, it is necessary to use systematic and methodical exercise according to pedagogical rules. The current paper presents a mobile workout training facility equipped with an area of enclosed spaces with different training routes, on various degrees of difficulty, allowing for simulation of some interventions in such spaces, having the possibility of creating high temperature and humidity, low visibility, etc. environments within the training facility, with the purpose of preparing intervention and rescue teams for situations close to real ones.

scholarly journals Research on rescuers’ training process in toxic / explosive / flammable environments

2022 ◽  
Vol 354 ◽  
pp. 00054
Author(s):  
Andrei-Lucian Gireadă ◽  
Cosmin Ilie ◽  
Alin Irimia
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Technical Training ◽  
Physical Fatigue ◽  
Training Process ◽  
Physical Effort ◽  
Confined Spaces ◽  
Intervention Activity ◽  
Low Visibility ◽  
Rescue Personnel

The paper presents the structuring of physical effort put in by rescuers during training, taking into account the activity specific psychosocial factors, structuring that aimed at streamlining the training process of intervention and rescue personnel in toxic / explosive / flammable environments. Training routes with various degrees of difficulty, allowing the simulation of intervention activities in horizontally and vertically confined spaces, low visibility, high temperature and humidity environments were analysed, for each the specific labour consumption being calculated. A dysfunctional phenomenon caused by the intervention and rescue activity is fatigue, perceived as a body reaction to readjust and restore its functions following intense or repeated body requests for energy consumption. Not only physical fatigue (which can be controlled through exercises) is specific for rescue and intervention activity but also mental fatigue. In addition to physical and technical training, psychosocial training of people who carry out intervention and rescue activities was followed in the training programs.

scholarly journals Research on designing and making of a mobile training facility for intervention and rescue personnel in toxic / flammable / explosive environments

2021 ◽  
Vol 342 ◽  
pp. 01005
Author(s):  
George Artur Gaman ◽  
Daniel Pupazan ◽  
Cristian Nicolescu ◽  
Cosmin Ilie ◽  
Izabella Kovacs
Keyword(s):  
Real Life ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Efficient Design ◽  
Training Process ◽  
Blood Oxygen Level ◽  
Rescue Operation ◽  
Training Facility ◽  
Normal Limits ◽  
Complex Training ◽  
Rescue Personnel

The decisive factor in ensuring success for an intervention and rescue operation in toxic or chemical aggressive environments lies in optimal and efficient design of the training process for rescue personnel, including intervention in confined spaces. The current paper shows the designing and making of a modern infrastructure - mobile training facility with different high difficulty degree training routes, allowing the simulation of intervention activities in confined areas, horizontally and vertically, spaces with low visibility, above normal limits temperature and humidity, etc. as well as the measurement of several physiological parameters (pulse, blood oxygen level, calories consumed, etc.) that allow permanent monitoring of rescuers’ health condition during the training process. The mobile training facility consists of a space for physical training (endless ladder, impact device, treadmill, elliptical bike, stepper), an indoor training circuit and a control room that allows the coordination of all activities carried out within an exercise. The platform on which the training facility is placed can be moved to the business quarters where intervention and rescue activities take place, so that personnel engaged in this activity go through a complex training program, as close as possible to real-life interventions.

scholarly journals Teacher Perspectives on Teaching the STEM Approach to Educational Coding and Robotics in Primary Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 64
Author(s):  
Christian García-Carrillo ◽  
Ileana María Greca ◽  
María Fernández-Hawrylak
Keyword(s):  
Primary Education ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Training Process ◽  
Integrated Stem ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
And Robotics ◽  
Insight Into

An analysis is presented in this study that provides insight into a practical training process and its impact on teachers and their viewpoints toward the integrated STEM approach used in that training process, together with educational coding and robotics, over the first years of compulsory primary education, where STEM implementations are relatively new. A case study was developed by two teachers following the practical training course, including pre- and post-interviews and nonparticipative observation of their classroom practices during the teacher-training sessions. The results revealed the positive perspectives that the teachers held toward the STEM-integrated approach and educational coding and robotics, despite the difficulties that arose in classroom practice. It was concluded that the STEM approach and its methods were beneficial both to pupils and to teachers alike for improving the teaching–learning process.

scholarly journals Analysis on the Effect of Protective Equipment Training on Hospital Infection Managers

CONVERTER ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 211-219
Author(s):  
Yongli Zou Et al.
Keyword(s):  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Protective Clothing ◽  
Training Model ◽  
Hospital Infection ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Training Methods ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Improper Use ◽  
Expert Theory

Objectives: To analyze the effect of personal protective equipment training on new hospital infection managers. Methods: Personnel are divided into two batches by region. Adopt a diversified training model to train all personnel, finally conduct practical assessments and issue certificates. Collect information through information technology, analyze questionnaires, and understand trainees’ circumstances before and after the training. Each training batch has uniform teachers and the same training methods. Results: After the training, the trainees' proficiency in putting on and taking off protective equipment increased by 22.85%, and ability to choose protective equipment according to different working environments increased by 22.04%; 78.23% trainees believed that practical exercises should be emphasized. Taking off protective clothing was considered as the most difficult link in practical training (91.13%), followed by putting on protective clothing (70.43%). 96.24% trainees believed that this training is helpful for future work. Conclusions: It is quite necessary to implement personal protective equipment training among new hospital infection managers; where, practical training, assessment, information-based questionnaire survey, expert theory teaching have achieved good results; the training helps reduce occupational exposure-induced hospital infection, and at the same time, avoids improper use of protective materials and waste.

On the Use of Solid Curtains Near Smoke Extraction Vents to Control Smoke Spread Resulting From Fire in Road Tunnels

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Taher Halawa
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Release Rate ◽  
Control Strategy ◽  
Smoke Control ◽  
Smoke Spread ◽  
Peak Heat Release Rate ◽  
Road Tunnels ◽  
Low Visibility ◽  
Temperature Levels ◽  
Fire Accidents

Abstract The effectiveness of the smoke control strategy plays an important role in increasing safety levels when fire accidents occur in road tunnels. This paper introduces clarifications about how the efficiency of smoke extraction control using solid curtains can be increased by placing smoke extraction vents close to the solid curtains. The effect of adding a solid curtain with different heights and at various positions relative to a smoke extraction vent was studied in this paper. A 14.3% increase in the vent flowrate occurs at the time corresponding to the fire peak heat release rate when the distance between the solid curtain and the vent is equivalent to 90% of the tunnel height and when the solid curtain height is equal to 16% of the tunnel height. High temperature and low visibility conditions occur near the solid curtain at the smoke-trapped area when the smoke curtain height exceeds 40% of the tunnel height. Using a solid curtain positioned far away from the vent with a distance equals to 90% of the tunnel height and with a height in the range from 16% to 30% of the tunnel height achieves the best results in terms of suppression of smoke spread and attaining acceptable visibility and temperature levels at the region where the smoke is trapped by the solid curtain.

scholarly journals Acquisition of Knowledge and Practical Skills after a Brief Course of BLS-AED in First-Year Students in Nursing and Physiotherapy at a Spanish University

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 766 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Méndez-Martínez ◽  
Santiago Martínez-Isasi ◽  
Mario García-Suárez ◽  
Medea Aglaya De La Peña-Rodríguez ◽  
Juan Gómez-Salgado ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Basic Life Support ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Western World ◽  
First Year ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Theoretical Knowledge ◽  
Training Methods ◽  
Practical Skills ◽  
Cross Sectional

Out-of-hospital cardiorespiratory arrest is one of the leading causes of death in the Western world. Early assistance with quality Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and the use of a defibrillator may increase the percentage of survival after this process. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of CPR training and the management of an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED). A descriptive, cross-sectional, observational study was carried out among students in the first year of a Nursing and Physiotherapy degree of the University of León. To achieve this goal, a theoretical-practical educational intervention of four hours’ duration which included training on CPR, AED and Basic Life Support (BLS) was carried out. A total of 112 students were included. The results showed an increase in theoretical knowledge on BLS as well as on CPR and AED, and practical skills in CPR and AED management. A theoretical exposition of fifteen minutes and the practical training of CPR wasenough for the students to acquire the necessary theoretical knowledge, although the participants failed to reach quality criteria in CPR. Only 35.6% of students reached the right depth in compressions. Also, ventilation was not performed properly. Based on the results, we cannot determine that the percentage of overall quality of CPR was appropriate, since 57.6% was obtained in this respect and experts establish a value higher than 70% for quality CPR. There was a clear relationship between sex, weight, height and body max index (BMI), and quality CPR performance, being determinant variables to achieve quality parameters. Currently, Basic Life Support training in most universities is based on training methods similar to those used in the action described. The results obtained suggest implementing other training methods that favour the acquisition of quality CPR skills.

scholarly journals Modern Athletes’ Preparation for the Olympic Games

Pedagogika ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 120 (4) ◽  
pp. 192-201
Author(s):  
Povilas Karoblis ◽  
Egidijus Balčiūnas ◽  
Einius Petkus ◽  
Robertas Tamulevičius
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
Growth Stimulation ◽  
Technical Equipment ◽  
Training Methods ◽  
Training Process ◽  
Sport Training ◽  
Characteristics Analysis ◽  
The Olympic Games

Sport training process has its own problems related to different sport disciplines, thus, it is essential effectively to employ sport scientists’ and coaches’ initiatives as well as their researches and gained experience. The most important sport science function is to accept and share new technologies and good practices through sport training theory and didactics alongside to the new challenges for high performance sport that settle new requirements for coaches’ competency. Such tendencies are already reflected in present scientific studies and training modes of high performance athletes. Coaching more and more appears to come as many-angled process for athletes, who strive for elite level and must be prepared to stay at this level for many years ahead; and this involves not only coach’s specific, profession-related, and general competencies but also other parties-scientists, medics, managers-alongside to national support. When planning athletes’ training process for the Olympic Games, it is necessary to take into consideration the tendencies of sport and event perspectives as well as tendencies to anticipate results. The data of athlete’s main characteristics analysis, changes in sport training methods and its strategy, the development of increasing training loads, material facilities and technical equipment must be considered too. After analysing this, the training and participation in competitions of athletes and other participants has to be acquainted and summarized; then coach’s insights that are prognostic for sport results can be welcomed. Eventually, qualitative criteria for training evaluation must be settled, considering its scientific relevance, originality, influence to new scientific researches as well as scientists’ public behaviour, tolerance, and proper area-related growth stimulation.

scholarly journals A New Tool for Assessment of Professional Skills of Occupational Therapy Students

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 1243
Author(s):  
Dulce Romero-Ayuso ◽  
Araceli Ortiz-Rubio ◽  
Paz Moreno-Ramírez ◽  
Lydia Martín-Martín ◽  
José Matías Triviño-Juárez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Training Methods ◽  
Professional Skills ◽  
Occupational Therapy Students ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
The University

The assessment of the acquisition of professional skills is an essential process in occupational therapy students. Until now, there has been no standardized and validated instrument for evaluating these skills in Spanish occupational therapy students. This study reports the development and testing of the psychometric properties of the professional skills in students of occupational therapy during their practical training. Methods: A new instrument was developed to assess the professional skills of occupational therapy students, called CPTO. A total of 69 occupational therapists participated in evaluating 295 occupational therapy students from the University of Granada, between the 2018 and 2021 academic years. Results: Of a total of 79 items, the factor analysis yielded a final solution of 33 items, which explains 70.22% of the variance with the following three dimensions: (1) self-appraisal and professional responsibility (α = 0.951); (2) communication skills and delivering intervention (α = 0.944); and (3) clinical reasoning for assessing and planning the intervention (α = 0.947). The instrument allows students with low, medium, high and excellent clinical skills to be differentiated according to the cutting points established by the quartiles. Conclusion: the instrument has good psychometric properties, and is a useful tool to assess professional competencies in occupational therapy students during their practice placement education.

scholarly journals Effect of High-Temperature Stress on Plant Physiological Traits and Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in Maize Plants

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 867
Author(s):  
Sonal Mathur ◽  
Richa Agnihotri ◽  
Mahaveer P. Sharma ◽  
Vangimalla R. Reddy ◽  
Anjana Jajoo
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Temperature Stress ◽  
Soil Microbial Communities ◽  
High Temperature Stress ◽  
Protective Role ◽  
Physiological Parameters ◽  
Ps Ii ◽  
Below Ground ◽  
Maize Plants

Increasing high temperature (HT) has a deleterious effect on plant growth. Earlier works reported the protective role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) under stress conditions, particularly influencing the physiological parameters. However, the protective role of AMF under high-temperature stress examining physiological parameters with characteristic phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA) of soil microbial communities including AMF has not been studied. This work aims to study how high-temperature stress affects photosynthetic and below-ground traits in maize plants with and without AMF. Photosynthetic parameters like quantum yield of photosystem (PS) II, PSI, electron transport, and fractions of open reaction centers decreased in HT exposed plants, but recovered in AMF + HT plants. AMF + HT plants had significantly higher AM-signature 16:1ω5cis neutral lipid fatty acid (NLFA), spore density in soil, and root colonization with lower lipid peroxidation than non-mycorrhizal HT plants. As a result, enriched plants had more active living biomass, which improved photosynthetic efficiency when exposed to heat. This study provides an understanding of how AM-mediated plants can tolerate high temperatures while maintaining the stability of their photosynthetic apparatus. This is the first study to combine above- and below-ground traits, which could lead to a new understanding of plant and rhizosphere stress.

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