Heart disease - the biggest threat to firefighters

According to a Harvard Public Health Study (USA) published on March 21, heart disease can be considered an "occupational disease" creating the greatest threat to US firefighters. . More and more firefighters die from heart disease while they are on duty rather than because of burns or smoke.

According to the Vietnam News Agency, after reviewing all data relating to 1,144 cases of US firefighters who died while on duty from 1994 to 2004 (except for those killed at the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001), researchers found that the sudden firefighting of firefighters and drowning in hot fire, chemicals and smoke could put pressure on them to hurt. sudden heart, especially those who do not have good physical strength.

In these 10 years, 45% of US firefighters' deaths were due to cardiovascular disease (449 people). The police rate is 22%, 11% for emergency doctors and 15% for other careers.

Among firefighters who died of heart disease on duty, the number of people who died while fighting was 136 times higher. This risk increases 14 times when receiving a fire alarm and 10 times after completing the fire duty.

One of the reasons for this situation may be because too many firefighters do not have good physical strength, many are overweight and inflexible, while more than 70% of fire fighting units do not have chapters. health training program.

Moreover, many studies have also shown that factors that often lead to firefighters suffering from cardiovascular disease are due to their lower tolerance than expected.