Study of long-term effects of 100-day sealing in normobaric fire-safe gaseous medium for volunteers’ health and efficiency: prospective study

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INTRODUCTION: The main reason, causing failure of the crew, weapon and submarine military equipment and other hermetically sealed craft of military purpose, is fire. The study is a continuation of sets of works aimed at justifying the creation of hypoxic gaseous medium in sealed habitable objects that provide fire prevention.

OBJECTIVE: To study possible long-term effects of extended (for 100 days) man’s stay in regulated hypoxic firesafe gaseous medium for confirming the possibility to perform professional activities by the staff of a sealed craft in such conditions.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: For 12 months after finishing 100-day sealing the volunteers were evaluated for any disease, possible deviation of functional state and working capacity. The examined contingent: 5 men, aged 25– 32, 1 man, aged 53.

RESULTS: No mental and somatic health disorders were found among all the volunteers within a year of observations. Furthermore, no volunteer experienced any decrease in the body’s resistance, quality of life and other deviations that might be a consequence of the sealing negative influence in regulated hypoxic gaseous medium. The results preliminary allow to use technologies of regulated normobaric hypoxic gaseous medium under well-developed regimes for increasing fire safety of submarines and other sealed habitable objects.

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A. O. Ivanov

Naval Academy named after N. G. Kuznetsov

Author for correspondence.
Email: ivanoff65@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8364-9854

Andrey O. Ivanov — Dr. of Sci. (Med.), Professor, Senior Researcher 

197101, St. Petersburg, st. Chapaeva, 30

Russian Federation

V. F. Belyaev

Naval Academy named after N. G. Kuznetsov

Email: viktme@mail.ru

Viktor F. Belyaev — Cand. of Sci. (Med.), Senior Researcher

197101, St. Petersburg, st. Chapaeva, 30

Russian Federation

E. N. Bezkishkiy

State University of sea and river fleet named after Admiral S. O. Makarov

Email: bez1970@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1534-8881

Eduard N. Bezkishkiy — Dr. of Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor

198035, St. Petersburg, Dvinskaya st., 5/7

Russian Federation

D. V. Shatov

Rostov State Medical University

Email: shatovdv@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5833-0403

Dmitriy V. Shatov — Cand. of Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor

344022, Rostov-on-Don, Nakhichevan lane, 29

Russian Federation

S. M. Groshilin

Rostov State Medical University

Email: sgroshilin@rambler.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2782-7094

Sergey M. Groshilin — Dr. of Sci. (Med.), Professor

344022, Rostov-on-Don, Nakhichevan lane, 29

Russian Federation

D. V. Safonov

City Emergency Hospital

Email: 2293091@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9472-5114

Dmitriy V. Safonov — Cand. of Sci. (Med.), chief physician

Taganrog, 347930, Taganrogг, Bolshoy Prospekt, 16

Russian Federation

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