Today we're talking about preventing heat illnesses by more effectively measuring environmental heat using WBGT's and the heat index. Thanks for watching!
This info is important to follow, it can kill you. On my Navy ships, Medical had to take readings at set times, especially in the Engineroom and Fireroom with WBGT meters. Stay Times were always less than the duration of the Watch. Boiler Techs jokingly asked Corpsman to take a reading in a rack in the "supposedly" air conditioned berthing where we slept. Stay Time was around only 2 hours. Commanding Officer had to sign a waiver every day.
Wow, that's intense but good to hear they were on top of it! It was interesting in researching for this video to learn how much work the US military does to prevent heat illnesses.
Right around the 5:15 timestamp you mentioned you outlined Limit exposure time document from NIOSH regarding the duration of exposure based on activity and work being done in the resource section. I can’t find it. Can you direct me to this?
Today we're talking about preventing heat illnesses by more effectively measuring environmental heat using WBGT's and the heat index. Thanks for watching!
This info is important to follow, it can kill you. On my Navy ships, Medical had to take readings at set times, especially in the Engineroom and Fireroom with WBGT meters. Stay Times were always less than the duration of the Watch. Boiler Techs jokingly asked Corpsman to take a reading in a rack in the "supposedly" air conditioned berthing where we slept. Stay Time was around only 2 hours. Commanding Officer had to sign a waiver every day.
Wow, that's intense but good to hear they were on top of it! It was interesting in researching for this video to learn how much work the US military does to prevent heat illnesses.
I remember being on a ship going past the equator and waking up to a pool of sweat 😅
Right around the 5:15 timestamp you mentioned you outlined Limit exposure time document from NIOSH regarding the duration of exposure based on activity and work being done in the resource section. I can’t find it. Can you direct me to this?