Performance during positive pressure breathing after rapid decompression up to 72 000 feet

Human Factors

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 102-110

  Lindeis, Ann Elise ^a   Fraser, W D ^b   Fowler, Barry ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DEF AND CIV INST OF ENVIRON MED   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMAN REACTION TIME; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SUBJECTIVE TESTING; VISION;

BLOOD OXYGEN SATURATION; COCKPIT DEPRESSURIZATION; GET ME DOWN MANEUVER; HYPOXIA; POSITIVE PRESSURE BREATHING (PPB);

AVIATORS;

ADULT; AIRPLANE CREW; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DECOMPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE;

EID: 0031105774     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872097778940641     Document Type: Article

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