Cardiac fatalities in firefighters -- 消防人員心臟疾病致死案件概述
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Did you know that cardiac deaths account for 24 percent of all deaths in the United States, but that 47 percent of on-duty firefighter deaths are cardiac-related? Researchers at the University of California wanted to understand why firefighter on-duty cardiac death is so much more frequent than in the general population. Here’s what they found:（你可知道在全美的民眾心臟病致死案件為全數死亡案件中為24%，但對執勤中的消防員來說心臟疾病致死率卻高達47%？加州大學研究人員想找出執勤中消防人員為何心臟疾病遠高於一般民眾的原因。他們所找到的原因如下：）
Research takeaways:（研究指出：） 1.Cardiac death was the leading cause of on-duty firefighter death in the United States during the period of 2002-2012, and the majority of deaths occurred on-scene or after responding to a duty call.（1.根據美國2002年至2012年的統計資料，消防員於執勤中死亡的因素以心臟疾病最高，絕大多數的死亡案件是在事故現場或接獲1通報案電話後發生。） 2.Analysis of the data reaffirmed findings of other studies that linked risk of cardiac death with firefighter fitness and age.（2.相關研究指出消防人員發生心臟疾病死亡風險亦與其體適能狀況及年齡呈現一定的關聯性。） 3. Physical fitness is an imperative. Annual cardiovascular fitness screenings can lead to reduced risk of on-duty cardiac death for all firefighters.（體適能是很重要的一環。消防人員年度心肺強化訓練情形的定期追蹤可減低其心臟疾病致死的風險。）
