Assessment of Hypothermia Blankets Using an Advanced Thermal Manikin: Preprint

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Abstract

A thermal manikin developed at NREL helped to assess thermal blankets used to treat U.S. Army personnel suffering from hypothermia. The chemical blanket showed the best thermal performance.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages8
StatePublished - 2009
EventInternational Conference on Environmental Ergonomics 2009 (ICEE 2009) - Boston, Massachusetts
Duration: 2 Aug 20097 Aug 2009

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Environmental Ergonomics 2009 (ICEE 2009)
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Period2/08/097/08/09

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/CP-540-45888

Keywords

  • assessment
  • hypothermia
  • hypothermia blankets
  • thermal comfort manikin

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