Associating ECG features with firefighter's activities

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2011

Authors

Pallauf, J (Author) Other; Gomes, P (Author) Other; Bras, S (Author) Other; Cunha, JPS (Author) FEUP; Coimbra, M (Author) FCUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: 2011 ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBC)

Pages: 6009-6012

33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering-in-Medicine-and-Biology-Society (EMBS)

Boston, MA, AUG 30-SEP 03, 2011

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Environmental biotechnology

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-002-WX9

DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2011.6091485

Abstract (EN): In this paper we associate features obtained from ECG signals with the expected levels of stress of real firefighters in action when facing specific events such as fires or car accidents. Five firefighters were monitored using wearable technology collecting ECG signals. Heart rate and heart rate variability features were analyzed in consecutive 5-min intervals during several types of events. A questionnaire was used to rank these types of events according to stress and fatigue and a measure of association was applied to compare this ranking to the ECG features. Results indicate associations between this ranking and both heart rate and heart rate variability features extracted in the time domain. Finally, an example of differences in inter personal responses to stressful events is shown and discussed, motivating future challenges within this research field.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 4