Future Directions in Cardiovascular Research for the US Fire & EMS Service

 描述（由申请人提供）：项目摘要/摘要消防员/EMS人员对公共卫生安全至关重要，代表全国200多万人。 由于消防员需要对几乎每一个国内紧急情况作出反应，人们普遍认为他们的健康和准备是非常重要的。此外，存在广泛的职业暴露，对消防员的健康，特别是心血管健康产生负面影响。事实上，心血管疾病（CVD）历来是消防人员死亡的主要原因。拟议的会议将汇集领先的消防服务研究人员，代表消防服务的主要组织， 和消防服务社区的主要领导人，以确定消防员中CVD研究的当前和未来方向。目标包括：1）确定消防员中与CVD的生理，个人和社会文化风险因素相关的研究文献中的关键空白，用于基础研究，探索性数据收集和功效试验; 2）为消防和EMS人员开发CVD健康模型，确定消防员中CVD的关键生理，个人，社会文化和环境风险因素; 3）发展与消防部门心血管疾病有关的可测试的科学问题，以供各级未来的研究;以及4）确定消防部门心血管疾病干预、传播和评估工作的潜在方向 现在和将来。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Project Summary/Abstract Firefighters/EMS personnel are vital for public health safety, representing over two million individuals nationally. Because firefighters are required to respond to almost every domestic emergency, there is wide agreement that their health and readiness is of great significance. Furthermore, a broad range of occupational exposures exist that negatively impact the health of firefighters, particularly ther cardiovascular health. In fact, cardiovascular disease (CVD) has historically been the leading cause of line of duty deaths among fire service personnel. The proposed conference will bring together leading fire service researchers, the primary organizations representing the fire service, and key leaders in the fire service community to identify current and future directions for CVD research among firefighters. Objectives include: 1) Identify critical gaps in the research literatue related to physiologic, individual and socio-cultural risk factors for CVD among firefighters for basic research, exploratory data gathering, and efficacy trials; 2) Develop a CVD health model for fire and EMS personnel identifying the key physiologic, individual, socio-cultural and environmental risk factors for CVD among firefighters; 3) Develop testable scientific questions related to CVD in the fire service for future research studies at all levels, and; 4) Identify potential directions for CVD intervention, dissemination and evaluation efforts in the fire service now and in the future.