Sleep deficit and stress hormones in helicopter pilots on 7-day duty for emergency medical services

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 935-940

  Samel, Alexander ^a   Vejvoda, Martin ^a   Maass, Hartmut ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Flight duty; Helicopter pilots; Rest; Sleep; Stress; Work load

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENALIN RELEASE; ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FATIGUE; HEART RATE; HELICOPTER; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP TIME; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIR AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EPINEPHRINE; FATIGUE; GERMANY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 7244248543     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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