1997
DOI: 10.1207/s15327876mp0904_1
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Effects of Chemical Protective Clothing on Military Performance: A Review of the Issues

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“…Learned compensatory practices and behaviors, together with greater tolerance of unpleasant situations, help military personnel cope better with adverse effects. 161,162 Much military training is designed with such objectives and outcomes in mind. Operational strategies include staging at intermediate altitudes, acclimatizing, and using supplemental oxygen from tanks or oxygen generators.…”
Section: Coping With High Terrestrial Elevation and Minimizing Adversmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Learned compensatory practices and behaviors, together with greater tolerance of unpleasant situations, help military personnel cope better with adverse effects. 161,162 Much military training is designed with such objectives and outcomes in mind. Operational strategies include staging at intermediate altitudes, acclimatizing, and using supplemental oxygen from tanks or oxygen generators.…”
Section: Coping With High Terrestrial Elevation and Minimizing Adversmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…[77]). A comprehensive review of the effects of wearing chemical protective clothing (CPC) on aspects of military performance was published in the late 1990s focussing on psychophysiological stresses which occur to personnel [78].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Individuals generally have an increase in oxygen consumption and may experience headaches, nausea, hunger, discomfort. Users may also have a reduction in the range of body movement and fl exibility as well as impaired dexterity and tactility because of thick gloves (Kreuger and Banderet, 1997 ). The piece of equipment that is responsible for the majority of physiological and psychological issues related to CBRN ensembles is the gas mask or respirator (Bensel, 1997 ).…”
Section: Physiological and Psychological Effects Of Wearing Cbrn Clotmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Simply wearing a respirator can increase the resistance to breathing by as much as four fold, which can make individuals feel anxiety and claustrophobia. Respirators also decrease and distort the fi eld of vision, specifi cally peripheral vision, and make it very diffi cult to remain hydrated (Kreuger and Banderet, 1997 ). Many individuals that are required to wear CBRN ensembles and respirators for long periods of time exhibit a decrease in cognitive performance and have many negative psychological responses.…”
Section: Physiological and Psychological Effects Of Wearing Cbrn Clotmentioning
confidence: 99%
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