S&B Heat Stress Pilot Protocols

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

14

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

June 22, 2023

Primary Completion Date

June 23, 2023

Study Completion Date

June 23, 2023

Conditions
Thermal Discomfort
Interventions
DEVICE

Group A

The intervention will take place after lunch for about 2-3 hours in regular working conditions. Group A will be fitted with a cooling and bio-harness. At the end of each workday, participants will return the monitors and vests will be removed and returned to the research station. The biomonitor's battery will be recharged and data downloaded. The ice vests will be placed in a freezer.

DEVICE

Group B

The intervention will take place after lunch for about 2-3 hours in regular working conditions. Group B will wear a bio-harness and no cooling vest.At the end of each workday, participants will return the monitors and vests will be removed and returned to the research station. The biomonitor's battery will be recharged and data downloaded. The ice vests will be placed in a freezer.

Trial Locations (1)

77030

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH/CDC)

FED

lead

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

OTHER