Handbook of Aviation and Space Medicine
eBook - ePub

Handbook of Aviation and Space Medicine

First Edition

  1. 422 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

About this book

This highly practical guide is ideal for any medical professional who deals with the aerospace environment or is involved in the healthcare of aircrew or individuals preparing for or returning from aerospace travel. The book covers all the main aspects of aerospace medicine, including the salient physiology and clinical aspects in note form for rapid assimilation, and makes plentiful use of figures, algorithms and tables throughout.

Key Features:

• Comprehensive covering all aspects of clinical aerospace medicine and relevant physiology

• Note-based for rapid reference in the clinical setting

• Highly practical with illustrations and tables supporting the text throughout

• From a highly experienced international team of editors and contributors

• Ideal as a handbook companion, complementing the definitive reference Ernsting's Aviation and Space Medicine, for use 'on the go'

The book will be an indispensable companion to all civil and military aviation medicine practitioners including those preparing for professional qualifying examinations, and a useful aid for other physicians with an interest in aviation medicine or who are required to inform patients regularly regarding the likely effects of flight, including family practitioners and hospital doctors, physiologists with an interest in the area and occupational and public health personnel.

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Yes, you can access Handbook of Aviation and Space Medicine by Nicholas Green,Steven Gaydos,Ewan Hutchison,Ed Nicol, Nicholas Green, Steven Gaydos, Ewan Hutchison, Ed Nicol in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Family Medicine & General Practice. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword by David Gradwell
  7. Foreword by Thomas W. Travis
  8. List of Contributors
  9. Chapter 1 Fixed wing aircraft
  10. Chapter 2 Rotary wing operations
  11. Chapter 3 Maritime aviation
  12. Chapter 4 Parachuting
  13. Chapter 5 Remotely piloted aircraft systems
  14. Chapter 6 Space flight
  15. Chapter 7 Pressure change
  16. Chapter 8 Sub-atmospheric decompression illness
  17. Chapter 9 Acute hypoxia and hyperventilation
  18. Chapter 10 Prevention of hypoxia
  19. Chapter 11 The pressure cabin and oxygen systems
  20. Chapter 12 Loss of cabin pressure and rapid decompression
  21. Chapter 13 High-altitude protection
  22. Chapter 14 Cosmic radiation
  23. Chapter 15 Acceleration physiology
  24. Chapter 16 Prevention of G-LOC
  25. Chapter 17 Short-duration acceleration
  26. Chapter 18 Restraint systems and escape from aircraft
  27. Chapter 19 Human physiology and the thermal environment
  28. Chapter 20 Aircrew equipment – General
  29. Chapter 21 Aircrew equipment – Head injury and protection
  30. Chapter 22 Aircrew equipment – Thermal protection and survival
  31. Chapter 23 Noise, hearing and vibration
  32. Chapter 24 Hearing protection and communication
  33. Chapter 25 Vision
  34. Chapter 26 Visual systems
  35. Chapter 27 Spatial orientation and disorientation in flight
  36. Chapter 28 Motion sickness
  37. Chapter 29 Human systems integration (HSI)
  38. Chapter 30 Selection and training
  39. Chapter 31 The flight deck and cockpit
  40. Chapter 32 Human factors and crew resource management
  41. Chapter 33 Fatigue and countermeasures
  42. Chapter 34 Errors and accidents
  43. Chapter 35 Accident investigation
  44. Chapter 36 Assessing risk and making decisions
  45. Chapter 37 Medication in aircrew
  46. Chapter 38 International regulation of medical standards
  47. Chapter 39 Aircrew medicals
  48. Chapter 40 Anthropometry
  49. Chapter 41 The health of the cabin crew
  50. Chapter 42 Air traffic control
  51. Chapter 43 Passenger fitness to fly
  52. Chapter 44 Travel health and infectious diseases
  53. Chapter 45 Aviation public health
  54. Chapter 46 Planning for aeromedical evacuation
  55. Chapter 47 Clinical considerations in prolonged aeromedical transfer
  56. Chapter 48 Hypertension
  57. Chapter 49 Atherosclerosis
  58. Chapter 50 Congenital heart disease
  59. Chapter 51 Valvular heart disease
  60. Chapter 52 Heart muscle disease
  61. Chapter 53 Arrhythmias and electrophysiology
  62. Chapter 54 Cardiac investigations
  63. Chapter 55 Respiratory disease
  64. Chapter 56 Gastroenterology
  65. Chapter 57 Metabolic and endocrine disorders
  66. Chapter 58 Malignant disease
  67. Chapter 59 Renal disease and aviation
  68. Chapter 60 Neurological disease
  69. Chapter 61 Ear, nose and throat
  70. Chapter 62 Orthopaedics
  71. Chapter 63 Haematology
  72. Chapter 64 Aviation psychiatry
  73. Index