The swimming habits of women who cold water swim.

Background: Cold water swimming is growing in popularity, especially among women. We have previously reported that women felt that cold water swimming helps with their menstrual and menopause symptoms. But little is known about the habits of women who cold water swim.

Quantifying the physical demands undertaken by offshore wind technicians during a working day and casualty evacuations.

Background: Offshore wind technicians (WTs) have been identified as having an occupation with high physical demands.

Objective: To characterise the physical demands of WTs, during the working day and when performing casualty rescues.

Methods: Data collection consisted of two components.

Quantifying the essential tasks of offshore wind technicians.

Background: Offshore wind technicians (WTs) have been identified as having an occupation with varying physical demands. Therefore, in order to assess WTs capability to undertake the job, there was a need to identify and quantify the physical requirements of the essential tasks.

Objective: To establish the essential tasks and quantify the associated minimum physical demands of being an offshore WT.

How do women feel cold water swimming affects their menstrual and perimenopausal symptoms?

Objective: This study aimed to determine how women felt cold water swimming affected their menstrual and perimenopausal symptoms.

Study Design: An online survey that asked women who regularly swim in cold water about their experiences. The survey was advertised for 2 months on social media.

Association between air temperature and unintentional drowning risk in the United Kingdom 2012-2019: A nationwide case-crossover study.

Objective: Drowning is a leading cause of death. The World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations (UN) emphasise the need for population-level data-driven approaches to examine risk factors to improve water safety policies. Weather conditions, have the potential to influence drowning risk behaviours as people are more likely to spend time around water and/or undertake risky activities in aquatic spaces as a behavioural thermoregulatory response (e.

Prevention and Treatment of Nonfreezing Cold Injuries and Warm Water Immersion Tissue Injuries: A Supplement to the Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines.

We convened an expert panel to develop evidence-based guidelines for the evaluation, treatment, and prevention of nonfreezing cold injuries (NFCIs; trench foot and immersion foot) and warm water immersion injuries (warm water immersion foot and tropical immersion foot) in prehospital and hospital settings. The panel graded the recommendations based on the quality of supporting evidence and the balance between benefits and risks/burdens according to the criteria published by the American College of Chest Physicians. Treatment is more difficult with NFCIs than with warm water immersion injuries.

Deaths in Open Water Swimming Races in Brazil from 2009 to 2019.

Since the inclusion in the Olympic Games (2008), open swimming races have attracted greater media attention and, therefore, have a greater number of practitioners, especially in Brazil, an extremely favorable country for this sport. However, increasing reports of fatal incidents in open water races brought the medical and scientific community to attention. The aim of this study was to review the characteristics of deaths in open waters events in Brazil from 2009 to 2019.

Quantifying Risk in Air Sports: Flying Activity and Incident Rates in Paragliding.

Introduction: The volume, nature, and risks of paragliding are poorly quantified. More comprehensive understanding, including incident rates allowing comparison to similar disciplines, will help direct and appraise safety interventions.

Methods: Paraglider pilots were surveyed regarding experience, incidents, recordkeeping, and risk perception.

Thirst-guided participant-controlled intravenous fluid rehydration: a single blind, randomised crossover study.

Background: Dehydration is common in hospitals and is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. Clinical assessment and diagnostic measures of dehydration are unreliable. We sought to investigate the novel concept that individuals might control their own intravenous rehydration, guided by thirst.

Considerations for physical employment standards in the aging workforce.

Background: If current population and health trends continue, workplace demographics will look significantly different by the turn of the century. Organizations will no longer have a steady pipeline of younger workers and will likely need to rely on older workers to remain competitive in the global marketplace. The future multi-generational workforce will bring with it the challenge of maximizing contributions from each generation whilst at the same time addressing the health, safety and wellbeing needs of all workers.

Core Temperature in Triathletes during Swimming with Wetsuit in 10 °C Cold Water.

Low water temperature (<15 °C) has been faced by many organizers of triathlons and swim-runs in the northern part of Europe during recent years. More knowledge about how cold water affects athletes swimming in wetsuits in cold water is warranted. The aim of the present study was therefore to investigate the physiological response when swimming a full Ironman distance (3800 m) in a wetsuit in 10 °C water.

How cold is too cold? Establishing the minimum water temperature limits for marathon swim racing.

Objectives: To provide a rationale for minimum water temperature rules for elite and subelite marathon swim racing and highlight factors that make individuals vulnerable to excessive cooling during open water swimming.

Methods: 12 lean competitive swimmers swam for up to 2 hours, three times in different water temperatures between 14°C and 20°C, wearing standard swimming costumes and hats. Rectal temperature (T), oxygen consumption, perception of cold and performance were measured.