Preventing G-Induced Loss of Consciousness: 20 Years of Operational Experience

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 150-153

  Lyons, Terence J ^a   Davenport, Clark ^b   Copley, G Bruce ^c   Binder, Heidi ^d   Grayson, Kevin ^e   Kraft, Norbert O ^d  

^a Asian Off of Aerosp Res/Devmt   (Japan)

^b FAA Southwest Region Directorate   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident epidemiology; Centrifuge training; G induced loss of consciousness; G LOC; Positive pressure breathing for G protection; PPG; Risk homeostasis

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; GRAVITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MILITARY MEDICINE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPERGRAVITY; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 1642458153     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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