FIREWELL Research to be Presented at CIMVHR, ACE-CROSH, CARWH and FSWO

FIREWELL members and trainees will be presenting their firefighter research at occupational health and first responder conferences in October.

 
Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Canada (CIMVHR) Forum 2018 in Regina, Saskatchewan (Oct 15-17, 2018)

1) Hu M, MacDermid J, Killip S, FIREWELL: A structured review of health information on firefighter websites [poster]

2) Kajaks T, MacDermid JC, Galea V, Vrkljan B: The extra burden: accounting for external firefighter loads using digital human modeling for ergonomic assessments [podium].

3) Nazari G, MacDermid JC, Sinden K, D’Amico R, Carleton N, Cramm H: Prevalence of Exposure to Critical Incidents in Firefighters Across Canada [poster]

4) MacDermid J, Hu M, Lomotan M, Brazil A, D’Amico R, Fraser S, Hay J, Hine-Schmidt L, McMullen K, Ross C, FIREWELL: A Qualitative Study on Firefighters´ Work Health Priorities [podium]

 
49th Annual Conference of the Association of Canadian Ergonomists (ACE) & 6th Conference of Centre for Research in Occupational Safety and Health (CROSH), Sudbury, Ontario (Oct 16-18, 2018)

1) Sayed S, Sinden K, Bolduc R: Career firefighters’ real-time physiological response to firefighting tasks over 6 months: Implications for injury prevention [podium]

 
10th Biennial Conference of the Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health, Vancouver, British Columbia (Oct 21-23, 2018)

1) Killip S. Differences in disability management claims and the return to process of first responders compared to high and low physical demand occupations [poster]

3) Sayed S, Sinden K, Bolduc R: Identifying career firefighters’ real-time physiological response during firefighting tasks: Implications for injury prevention [podium]

2) Sinden K: Analysis of the National Fire Information Database to identify Canadian firefighters’ injuries in relation to fire response characteristics [poster].

 
2018 Fire Service Women Ontario (FSWO) Professional Development Symposium. Waterloo, Ontario (October 26-28, 2018)

1) MacDermid J: Empowering Firefighter Health Through Inclusive Research [podium]