Health protection factors during Arctic operations : key findings to date / Wendy Sullivan-Kwantes, Juliana Fung.: D68-2/127-2018E-PDF

"Over the past decade, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) have increased their training and Arctic sovereignty patrols in the Canadian Arctic. Since 2016 DRDC – Toronto Research Centre has been actively conducting research tracking medical events and injuries (freezing and non-freezing) that occur during Arctic exercises and investigating the CAF’s readiness from a medical standpoint to identify gaps and mitigate these medical incidents. A variety of data, including medical event data, interviews, surveys, physiological and clothing and footwear micro-climate thermal data were collected on six exercises from 2016–2018. The purpose of this Reference Document is to update the client on interim results of this project"--Abstract, page i.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Defence R&D Canada. Toronto Research Centre.
Title Health protection factors during Arctic operations : key findings to date / Wendy Sullivan-Kwantes, Juliana Fung.
Series title Scientific report ; DRDC-RDDC-2018-D127
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Cover title.
"December 2018."
"Can unclassified."
Includes bibliographical references.
Includes abstract in French.
Publishing information Toronto : Defence Research and Development Canada = Recherche et développement pour la défense Canada, 2018.
©2018
Author / Contributor Sullivan-Kwantes, Wendy, author.
Fung, Juliana, author.
Description 1 online resource (iv, 9 pages).
Catalogue number
  • D68-2/127-2018E-PDF
Subject terms Northern Canada
Medical research
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