A great deal depends on the success of operations carried out whilst wearing protective suits. Above all, this includes the health and operational readiness of those wearing the protective clothing, such as medical staff and emergency services personnel. Unfortunately, the material of the protective clothing is quite thick, and this makes you break out in a sweat in no time at all. However, sweating requires an enormous amount of energy. As a result, even at normal temperatures, you quickly feel exhausted and drained – partly because the strain on the heart and circulation increases and your core body temperature rises, often even reaching feverish levels that would normally keep others in bed. Heat exhaustion and other heat-related health problems can arise. Older emergency service personnel are particularly at risk here.
SWEATING IN A PROTECTIVE SUIT MAKES YOU TIRED AND UNFOCUSED
That is why sweating in a protective suit is dangerous. This is also because your ability to concentrate diminishes and you’re more likely to make mistakes. This is dangerous for others when you’re on duty – but also for yourself. This is because dangerous contamination, from which the suit is actually supposed to protect, often occurs when the suit is removed. With decreasing concentration, this happens much more often.
Cooling can help to protect emergency services personnel, prevent staff shortages and alleviate the crisis situation by ensuring that emergency services and medical staff remain healthy and able to perform at their best.
HEAT STRESS IS DANGEROUS
Anyone who has even once worked in protective clothing knows that this leads to enormous heat stress. All those who have to wear protective suits or appropriate protective clothing get problems, especially in the long-term. But not only this. The temperature load reduces the working time in the protective suit. This can have health consequences for the wearer of the protective clothing. Therefore, timely breaks are necessary to recover from the work in the protective suit. At each break, the protective suit is then taken off and a new one is put on again at the end of the break. This increases the risk of contamination every time you take them off. The suits must then, of course, be disposed of or decontaminated and new suits used.
As a result, more protective clothing is needed. This also drives up the number of protective suits needed and the cost to the health care system. But above all, the health hazard for each individual.
WORKING LONGER IN A PROTECTIVE SUIT
With E.COOLINE you stay healthy, concentrated and efficient in your protective suit. The active cooling functional clothing is quickly ready for use, mobile and can be used anywhere even under extreme conditions. Thanks to the COOLINE SX3 3D technology, emergency personnel are actively cooled for hours with up to 660 watts. Activation works in seconds and clothes remain hygienic and dry compared to most cooling systems.
The cooling vests, cooling shirts, cooling headgear and arm and leg cooling is simply used under the protective suit and also during breaks.
This reduces the strain on the cardiovascular system, allowing you to work with much greater concentration throughout the entire period, which significantly improves your safety and health and ensures you remain fit for duty.
Another key benefit: whilst E.COOLINE does not eliminate heat stress entirely, tests carried out on emergency services personnel wearing various types of protective suits have shown that it can double the time they can spend in the suit.
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EFFECTIVE HEAT PROTECTION IN CSA
WHY YOU SHOULD USE E.COOLINE IN A PROTECTIVE SUIT
Doubling the maximum working time
Saves disposable protective suits
Better concentration while working
Better safety when changing suits
More health and safety for emergency forces
E.COOLINE DOUBLES THE OPERATING TIME
Practical tests have already shown that E.COOLINE cooling vests and head cooling solutions, such as a bandana, can significantly extend the time spent working in a chemical protection suit – and, of course, in all other types of protective suits as well. The results of the tests in the Zytron 400 i (chemical protective suit) at the Darmstadt fire department demonstrate:
Of course, cooling in a chemical protection suit has limits at some point – after all, this is a closed system. But the working time in these suits is basically limited in many cases. At the latest, when high outside temperatures are added. The application of cooling, such as cooling vest and a cooling headgear, can extend this application time. In contrast, A suit without a cooling system is usually replaced much sooner; a second suit has to be used, or the durability of the suits is compromised by the frequent decontamination processes. If the work can be carried out using a cooling system, this not only benefits health but also helps to save costs and reduces the amount of hazardous waste that needs to be disposed of. This benefits both the environment and the supply to the public, as protective suits are in short supply due to the coronavirus pandemic.
E.COOLINE WORKS EVEN UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS
Whether in a chemical spill, in an Ebola crisis area, or in the fight against the Corona virus, E.COOLINE’s high-tech technology functions perfectly even under extreme conditions. Depending on the respective conditions, the cooling clothing can be used immediately under the protective suit or boosted beforehand (COOL-TO-GO system). Cooling before or after use is also useful, as studies show. As reported in the British Journal, cooling clothing should always be worn beforehand or during periods when protective clothing is not being worn.
Recovery during breaks, in particular, is also important to ensure that first responders and medical personnel are quickly fit again. Cooling is a very effective recovery method that saves energy, which is urgently needed for the next operation. Depending on the operational situation, there is a suitable solution for every situation with cooling vests & Co. We are happy to advise you – also by video, telephone or with digital training material. Contact us.
