Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation · 2020
The Effects in the Upper Airway of Heat and Exposure to Combustion Byproducts of Burning Materials on Larynx of Firefighters.
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Korn Gustavo Polacow, Alvarenga Eliezia Helena de Lima, Dall'Oglio Giovana Piovesan, Azevedo Renata Rangel, Chamun Walter, Cordeiro Telma Gomes, Boggi Alexandre Coelho, Pezato Rogerio
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INTRODUCTION: High exposure to heat and combustion byproducts is associated with health problems and an increased risk of cancer.
OBJECTIVE: To study the effects of heat and smoke derived from burning on the upper airway of firefighters.
METHODS: Thirteen firefighters underwent a 4-week training program in Compartment Fire Behavior Training simulators while working with live fire, heat, and smoke from pallets and oriented-strand board sheet burns. The firefighters were evaluated before exposure and at the end of the first and fourth weeks of training. The larynx was assessed by the Voice Handicap Index GRBASI scale, laryngoscopy, and peak expiratory flow.
RESULTS: There was no change in Voice Handicap Index and GRBASI (only one in three speech therapists judged tension as worse by one point). Laryngoscopy showed alterations in one-third of the firefighters, with the most frequent being increased viscous mucus. Peak expiratory flow decreased significantly from 685 to 552 and 550 L/min in the first and fourth weeks, respectively.
CONCLUSIONS: Although participants were protected from gases and smoke during the exercises, which proved to be very effective, the airway was slightly impacted by heat and combustion-derived byproducts.
OBJECTIVE: To study the effects of heat and smoke derived from burning on the upper airway of firefighters.
METHODS: Thirteen firefighters underwent a 4-week training program in Compartment Fire Behavior Training simulators while working with live fire, heat, and smoke from pallets and oriented-strand board sheet burns. The firefighters were evaluated before exposure and at the end of the first and fourth weeks of training. The larynx was assessed by the Voice Handicap Index GRBASI scale, laryngoscopy, and peak expiratory flow.
RESULTS: There was no change in Voice Handicap Index and GRBASI (only one in three speech therapists judged tension as worse by one point). Laryngoscopy showed alterations in one-third of the firefighters, with the most frequent being increased viscous mucus. Peak expiratory flow decreased significantly from 685 to 552 and 550 L/min in the first and fourth weeks, respectively.
CONCLUSIONS: Although participants were protected from gases and smoke during the exercises, which proved to be very effective, the airway was slightly impacted by heat and combustion-derived byproducts.