• DocumentCode
    3473728
  • Title

    ECG delineation and morphological analysis for firefighters tasks differentiation

  • Author

    Bras, Sergio ; Fernandes, Jose Maria ; Cunha, Joao P. S.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. de Eng. Electron. e Telematica de Aveiro, Univ. de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    20-22 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    516
  • Lastpage
    517
  • Abstract
    Between first responder professionals, firefighters registered the highest number of deaths on duty. An abnormal high proportion is associated with cardiovascular events. Our main goal is to identify fatigue/stress during daily routine activities, focusing on the cardiovascular analysis. To accomplish this purpose, ECG wave morphological alterations are analyzed. It was observed that the RR, PP and ST segment significantly differentiate the most stressful tasks from the others.
  • Keywords
    cardiovascular system; electrocardiography; medical signal processing; ECG delineation analysis; ECG morphological analysis; PP segment; RR segment; ST segment; cardiovascular analysis; cardiovascular events; fatigue-stress; firefighter tasks; Accidents; Databases; Electrocardiography; Prediction algorithms; Standards; Stress; Stress measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), 2013 IEEE 26th International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Porto
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CBMS.2013.6627856
  • Filename
    6627856