Gäller från och med: Autumn 2020
Beslutad av: Åsa Håkansson
Datum för fastställande: 2019-11-13
Avdelning: Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology
Kurstyp: Gemensam kurs, avancerad nivå och forskarnivå
Kursen ges även på avancerad nivå med kurskod: MAMF35
Undervisningsspråk: English
Provide knowledge about the effects environmental extremes on human wellbeing, physiology, health and performance, and related prevention and protection.
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The course provides knowledge and understanding within chosen topics related to human physiology and the influence of the physical environment on human well-being, health and performance. The topics contain the following • Introduction to exposure to extreme environments, and limits of human capacity • Physical work capacity and human performance • Human heat balance and heat exchange with the environment • Hot environment • Cold environment • Exposure to fire and toxic environment • Cold water and diving • High altitude and hypoxic environment • Space environment • Survival • Preventive and protective measures • Methods for risk assessment and simulation • International standards
Prevent: Personlig skyddsutrustning. Prevent, Stockholm, Sverige, 2008, ISBN: 978-91-7365-027-4. --- Holmér, I.: Human performance in extreme environments. Kompendium, Lund University. 2009. Compendium. --- Åstrand, P-O., Rohdahl, K., Dahl, H., Strömme, S.: Textbook of work physiology: Physiological bases of exercise. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 2003, ISBN: 0-7360-0140-9. Recommended complementary reading. --- Auerbach P.S.: Wilderness medicine. Mosby, Elsevier, 2007, ISBN: 978-0-323-03228-5. Recommended complementary reading. --- Gunga H.-C.: Human Physiology in Extreme Environments. Elsevier, 2015, ISBN: 978-0-12-386947-0. Recommended complementary reading. --- Selection of published articles. Selected scientific papers on specific lecture topics.
Undervisningsformer: Föreläsningar, laborationer, projekt. The lectures include lectures and guest lectures. The supervision is given via a net-based educational platform. The theoretical part of the course is complemented by group mini project work and three laboratory exercises: 1) aerobic capacity (VO2) test, 2) exercise in a hot environment, 3) exercise in a cold environment. Attendance is compulsory for the lectures, guest lectures, group works and laboratory exercises.
Examinationsformer: Skriftlig tentamen, skriftlig rapport, inlämningsuppgifter, seminarieföredrag av deltagarna.
Examination includes group reports of laboratory exercises, group mini project report and presentation, and written examination.
The examination, after consultation with Disability Support Services, may deviate from the regular form of examination in order to provide a disabled student with a form of examination equivalent to that of a student without a disability.
Betygsskala: Underkänd, godkänd
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Urvalskriterier: The course is available to doctoral students associated with the doctoral education subjects Work Environment/Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology. The admission of other doctoral students e.g. in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Health Sciences, Sports Sciences is subject to availability of places.
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