Fundamentals of Aerospace Medicine

This book provides comprehensive, clinically relevant information on the wide-ranging field of aerospace medicine. It addresses all medical and public health issues involved in the care of crews, passengers, and support personnel of aircraft and space vehicles. It covers the physiology of the human body under flight conditions, clinical medicine as practiced in the unique aerospace community, and the impact of the industry on community health.

Foreword

vii

(2)

Preface

ix

(2)

Acknowledgments

xi

(2)

Contributors

xiii

SECTION I. Aerospace Medicine in Perspective

3

(56)

1. The Historical Perspective

3

(20)

Roy L. DeHart

2. The Modern Perspective

23

(14)

Roy L. DeHart

3. The Future Perspective

37

(22)

George C. Mohr

SECTION II. Physiology in the Flight Environment

59

(386)

4. The Atmosphere

59

(10)

Roy L. DeHart

5. Respiratory Physiology

69

(40)

Paul J. Sheffield

Richard D. Heimbach

6. Protection in the Pressure Environment: Cabin Pressurization and Oxygen Equipment

109

(22)

Paul J. Sheffield

Roger L. Stork

7. Decompression Sickness and Pulmonary Overpressure Accidents

131

(32)

Richard D. Heimbach

Paul J. Sheffield

8. Biodynamics: Transient Acceleration

163

(38)

James W. Brinkley

James H. Raddin, Jr.

9. Biodynamics: Sustained Acceleration

201

(60)

Russell R. Burton

James E. Whinnery

10. Vibration, Noise, and Communication

261

(48)

Henning E. von Gierke

Charles W. Nixon

11. Spatial Orientation in Flight

309

(90)

Kent K. Gillingham

Fred H. Previc

12. Thermal Stress

399

(24)

Sarah A. Nunneley

13. Beyond the Biosphere

423

(22)

Arnauld E. Nicogossian

Karen K. Gaiser

SECTION III. Clinical Practice of Aerospace Medicine

445

(242)

14. Aircrew Health Care Maintenance

445

(18)

Russell B. Rayman

15. Clinical Aerospace Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Medicine

463

(56)

James R. Hickman, Jr.

Gil D. Tolan

Gary W. Gray

David H. Hull

16. Ophthalmology in Aerospace Medicine

519

(48)

Thomas J. Tredici

17. Otolaryngology in Aerospace Medicine

567

(26)

C. Thomas Yarington, Jr.

H. H. Hanna

18. Neuropsychiatry in Aerospace Medicine

593

(50)

David R. Jones

Marc S. Katchen

John C. Patterson

Michael Rea

19. Additional Medical and Surgical Conditions of Aeromedical Concern

643

(24)

Royce Moser, Jr.

20. The Passenger and the Patient in Flight

667

(20)

Kenneth R. Hart

SECTION IV. Operational Aerospace Medicine

687

(316)

21. Aerospace Medicine in the United States Air Force

687

(20)

Warren L. Carpenter

Kenneth R. Hart

22. Army Aviation Medicine

707

(24)

Glenn W. Mitchell

N. Bruce Chase

Robert J. Kreutzmann

23. Naval Aerospace Medicine

731

(16)

Ronald K. Ohslund

24. Civil Aviation Medicine

747

(20)

Stanley R. Mohler

25. Aeromedical Support to Airline and Civilian Professional Aircrew

767

(36)

Richard L. Masters

Gary M. Kohn

26. Aerospace Medicine in the Federal Aviation Administration

803

(30)

Jon L. Jordan

William H. Hark

Guillermo J. Salazar

27. International Aviation Medicine

833

(12)

S. Finkelstein

28. Aircraft Accident Investigation

845

(52)

Robert R. McMeekin

29. Human Factors in Aerospace Medicine

897

(26)

Thomas B. Sheridan

Laurence R. Young

30. Management of Human Resources in Air Transport Operations

923

(30)

James F. Parker, Jr.

William T. Shepherd

31. Biomedical Challenges of Spaceflight

953

(24)

Arnold E. Nicogossian

Karen Gaiser

32. Aircraft Accidents: Prevention, Survival, and Rescue

977

(26)

Harry L. Gibbons

Richard G. Snyder

SECTION V. Impact of the Aerospace Industry on Community Health

1003

(62)

33. Role of Aviation in the Transmission of Disease

1003

(14)

Mark A. Roberts

34. Occupational and Environmental Medical Support to the Aviation Industry

1017

(26)

Roy L. DeHart

35. Aviation and the Environment

1043

(22)

A. J. Parmet

Index

1065

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