Reliability of Wearable Technology to Monitor Core Temperature Among Helicopter-Based EMS Crews
The ability to monitor the physiological parameters of a worker remotely adds safety tools relative to the risks of heat stress. The slightly higher reading associated with the Slate Safety wearable device provides an added safety margin to protect our workers.
Authors
- Claudiu T. Lungu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8777-1649)
- Holly Stokley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0503-9599)
- Heather S. Cole (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9081-5681)
- Lee J. Winchester (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8443-8429)
- Michael Callihan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5585-7701)
- Jeffrey K. Wickliffe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6216-9894)
- Jonghwa Oh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6017-0963)
- Elizabeth Maggie Penn
- Mahalia G. Barrow
- Amanda Callihan
- Lauren Peek
- Emmanuel Atuahene Odame
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro (US)
- University of Alabama (US)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Workplace Health & Safety
- Published
- 2024-09-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/21650799241271139
- Primary Topic
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Alabama