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Citation: Ghodsiniya MH , Habibi E. The Effects of Alarm on the Situation Awareness in Firefighter. Archives of Occupational Health. 2019;

3(2): 307-13. Article History: Received:4 October 2018, Revised:16 November 2018, Accepted: 9 December 2018 Copyright: ©2019 The Author(s); Published by Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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1 Human Environment and Sustainable Development Research Center,Najafabad Branch,Islamic Azad University,Najafabad,Iran• 2 Department of Environmental Management,

Najafabad Branch, Islamic azad University,Najafabad,Iran• 3 Professor Ehsan habibi, faculty of Health,dept.occupational Health and Ergonomics Safety Isfahan university of medical

sciences• *Corresponding Author. Ehsan Habibi, Email:1Habibiehsan1@gmail.com Tel:+98-913-1131623

Abstract

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Methods:

Results:

Conclusion:

Keywords:

Introduction

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Methods

Table 1. The mean systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure,

blood oxygen levels and heart rate of the firefighters before and after

the alarms.

Variable Before alarm After alarm

Mean Mean P

Systolic blood pressure (SD)mmHg

118.60 (8.90) 113.20 (13.90) 0.02

Diastolic blood pressure mmHg 72.00 (10.30) 67.50 (9.80) 0.03 Blood oxygen level (%) 96.50 (1.80) 95.80 (2.60) 0.20 Heart rate (BPM) 71.70 (10.70) 75.40 (11.20) 0.02

*P= 0.05

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Table 2. Pearson correlation coefficients between the work

experience of firefighters and situational awareness score, reduction

in systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure and blood oxygen

levels, and increase in heart rate

Variable Work experience

r P

Situational awareness score 0.39 0.04* Reduction in systolic blood pressure 0.16 0.40 Reduction in diastolic blood pressure -0.21 0.27 Reduction in blood oxygen level -0.30 0.11 Increase in heart rate -0.38 0.04

*P=0.05

Results

Discussion

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Conclusion

Acknowledgments

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