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Podcast: Fire Rescue Wellness
Episode: Episode 73: Keeping Your Cool with Craig Heller, Ph.D. and Fred Kauser, Ph.D.
Description: Keeping firefighters, warfighters, and athletes' core temperatures down is critical to optimized performance. I was introduced to CoolMitt two years ago at a conference, and at that point, they were getting into the bulk of their firefighter research.Today, we sat down and discussed efficient and effective cooling methods for firefighters (hint: it's not sitting in a chair with your arms in ice sleeves or wearing a refrigerated vest at the hospital.)Dr. Heller is a long-time Stanford researcher who studies temperature regulation and was challenged by an anesthesiologist to solve a recovery room temperature...