Ways to reduce firefighter heart attacks
Emergency Management Alert, August 6, 2007
According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), sudden cardiac death is the leading cause of firefighter fatalities. The good news, however, is that there are measures firefighters, fire departments, and the communities that support them can take to reduce such deaths.
Here are a few of the steps NIOSH recommends fire departments take to reduce on-duty heart attacks and other sudden cardiovascular events:
- Provide medical evaluations to ensure that firefighter candidates and members of the fire department are capable of performing job tasks with minimal risk of sudden incapacitation
- Ensure that physicians conducting the medical evaluations are knowledgeable about the physical demands of firefighting, the essential tasks of firefighting, and the consensus guidelines developed by the fire service
- Implement a comprehensive wellness/fitness program for firefighters to reduce risk factors for cardiovascular disease and improve cardiovascular capacity
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