ECG during helicopter underwater escape training

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 399-404

  Tipton, Michael J ^a   Gibbs, Peter ^b   Brooks, Chris ^b   De Sa, Dan Roiz ^c   Reilly, Tara J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Survival Systems Training Dartmouth   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF NAVAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Autonomic conflict; ECG; Helicopter underwater escape

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMMERSION; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TELEMETRY;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; COLD TEMPERATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MALE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TELEMETRY;

EID: 77950666054     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2700.2010     Document Type: Article

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