Ernsting's Aviation and Space Medicine 5E (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Gradwell, David; Rainford, David

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The fifth edition of this established textbook has been revised and updated by a multi-disciplinary team of experienced contributors, and includes new chapters on space physiology and medicine, passenger safety, rotary wing operation by land and sea, and UAVs. It remains the recommended textbook for those studying for the Diploma in Aviation Medicine of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians, recognized worldwide as a standard in the field, and for similar overseas qualifications.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 926
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444179958
• Artikelnr.: 55339764

Autorenporträt

Edited by Professor David P. Gradwell, professor of aerospace medicine, King's College London; honorary consultant in aviation medicine, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, King's Health Partners; and civilian consultant advisor in aviation medicine (Royal Air Force), UK Air Commodore David J. Rainford, retired consultant physician and consultant adviser in renal disease (Royal Air Force); previously, defence postgraduate medical dean, consultant physician to the UK Civil Aviation Authority and senior consultant adviser in medicine to the Royal Air Force of Oman

Inhaltsangabe

AVIATION PHYSIOLOGY AND AIRCREW SYSTEMS. The Earth's Atmosphere,
Cardiovascular Physiology. Respiratory Physiology. Hypoxia and
Hyperventilation. Prevention of Hypoxia. The Pressure Cabin and Life
Support Equipment. Effects of and Protection Against Long Duration
Acceleration. Short Duration Acceleration. Head Injury and Protection.
Restraint Systems and Escape From Aircraft. Human Physiology in the Thermal
Environment. Thermal Protection and Survival. Vibration. Anthropometry and
Aircrew Equipment. Physiology of Sleep and Wakefulness. Optics and Vision.
Spatial Orientation and Disorientation in Flight. PHYSIOLOGY AND MEDICINE.
Space Physiology and Medicine. CLINICAL AVIATION MEDICINE. International
Regulation of Medicine Standards. Aeromedical Risk - A Numerical Approach.
Cardiovascular Disease. Hypertension. Respiratory Disease. Aviation
Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders. Renal
Disease. Haematology. Malignant Disease. Neurological Disease.
Ophthalmology. Otorhinolaryngology. Acute Psychiatry. Orthopaedics.
Clinical Management of Decompression Illness. Medication and Aircrew.
Aviator Fatigue and Fatigue Counter-Measures. Infectious Disease and Air
Travel. HIV, AIDS and Related Issues. Cabin Crew Health. Commercial
Passenger Fitness To Fly. Military Aeromedical Evacuation. Critical Care in
the Air. Civilian Aeromedical Retrieval. OPERATIONAL AVIAITION MEDICINE.
Selection and Training. Crew Resource Management. Air Traffic Control.
Errors and Accidents. The Flight Deck and Cockpit. In-Flight
Communications. Aircrew and Cosmic Radiation. Motion Sickness. Passenger
Safety in Civil Aviation. Rotary Wing Operation by Land and Sea.
Uninhabited Air Vehicles. Aircraft Hygiene. Aviation Pathology and Accident
Investigation.