Cold Stress

Overview/Description
This course will discuss the effects of cold on your body, outline the risk factors for cold-related ailments, and describe the associated treatments for each. This training will also describe several preventive measure techniques and safe work practices that you can use to protect yourself from cold-related stresses. The content in this course is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements. Learner objectives for this course are to discuss the factors that may affect you when working in a cold environment, identify the signs, symptoms, and treatments of cold-related stresses, and recall techniques commonly used for preventing cold-related disorders.

Target Audience
All personnel that may be required to work outdoors or in artificial cold environments

Expected Duration (hours)
0.5

Lesson Objectives

Cold Stress

• identify the factors that may affect you when working in a cold environment
• identify the signs and symptoms of cold-related stresses
• identify the treatments of cold-related stresses
• identify precautions commonly used to prevent cold-related disorders
• identify safe work practices used to reduce cold-related disorders