Steve D Myers

University of Chichester, Sport and Exercise Sciences, Faculty Member

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Development of physical employment standards of specialist paramedic roles in the National Ambulance Resilience Unit (Naru)

Applied Ergonomics, 2021

AIM To develop evidence-based role-specific physical employment standards and tests for National ... more AIM To develop evidence-based role-specific physical employment standards and tests for National Ambulance Resilience Unit (NARU) specialist paramedics. METHODS Sixty-two (53 men, 9 women) paramedics performed an array of (1) realistic reconstructions of critical job-tasks (criterion job performance); (2) simplified, easily-replicable simulations of those reconstructions and; (3) fitness tests that are portable and/or practicable to administer with limited resources or specialist equipment. Pearson's correlations and ordinary least products regression were used to assess relationships between tasks and tests. Performance on reconstructions, subject-matter expert and participant ratings were combined to derive minimum acceptable job performance levels, which were used to determine cut-scores on appropriate correlated simulations and tests. RESULTS The majority of performance times were highly correlated with their respective simulations (range of r: 0.73-0.90), with the exception of those replicating water rescue (r range: 0.28-0.47). Regression compatibility intervals provided three cut-scores for each job-task on an appropriate simulation and fitness test. CONCLUSION This study provides a varied and easily-implementable physical capability assessment for NARU personnel, empirically linked to job performance, with flexible options depending on organisational requirements.

Timing of Energy and Macronutrient Intake of British Army Officer Cadets during Military Training

Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2018

Seven women were individually matched with 7 men by height and body weight (differences < 2.54 cm... more Seven women were individually matched with 7 men by height and body weight (differences < 2.54 cm and 4.54 kg for each pair). All participants walked at 1.34 m•s-1 for 10-min bouts on a level treadmill while unloaded (BW) and then carrying vest-borne loads of 15, 35 and 55 kg. VO data were collected during the last 3 min of each bout. 2-way RM ANOVA compared VO 2 at each load between the men and women. Measured results were then compared to equation predictions. RESULTS: Measured EE increased significantly with load and was significantly greater for men (443 ± 92 W) than women (388 ± 97 W). The equation predicted EE more accurately for women at lighter loads and more accurately for men at heavier loads (Figure 1). CONCLUSION: Using height and weight matched men and women, the Pandolf equation was more accurate for predicting EE at the heavier loads for men and at the lighter loads for women. These results support modification of the Pandolf equation to account for differences in gender and carried load.

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