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Cardiovascular Disease in Firefighters: Protecting Our Own


Dr. RAYMOND BASRI, MD, FACP, and ERIC BERGMAN, PA-C 
Posted: Wed, 11/04/2009 - 12:45
Updated: Wed, 11/04/2009 - 12:53

July 26, 2006: A 43-year-old male firefighter suffers symptoms of heat strain while fighting a structure fire in Illinois. He cools down in rehab and his crew finds him dead at his residence hours later after he failed to answer his phone. The cause of death was listed as "clogged coronary artery" due to cardiovascular disease.

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