ABSTRACT

Ernsting's Aviation and Space Medicine applies current understanding in medicine, physiology and the behavioural sciences to the medical challenges and stresses that are faced by both civil and military aircrew, and their passengers, on a daily basis. The fifth edition of this established textbook has been revised and updated by a multi-disciplinar

part |2 pages

Part I: Aviation Physiology and Aircrew Systems

chapter 7|26 pages

Long Duration Acceleration

chapter 8|8 pages

Short Duration Acceleration

chapter 9|10 pages

Head Injury and Protection

chapter 13|16 pages

Vibration

part |2 pages

Part II: Space Physiology and Medicine

chapter 18|32 pages

Space Physiology and Medicine

part |2 pages

Part III: Clinical Aviation Medicine

chapter 21|36 pages

Cardiovascular Disease

chapter 22|6 pages

Hypertension

chapter 23|14 pages

Respiratory Disease

chapter 26|6 pages

Renal Disease

chapter 27|10 pages

Haematology

chapter 28|16 pages

Malignant Disease

chapter 29|14 pages

Neurological Disease

chapter 30|20 pages

Ophthalmology

chapter 32|22 pages

Aviation Psychiatry

chapter 33|10 pages

Orthopaedics and Trauma

chapter 34|12 pages

Decompression Illness

chapter 35|4 pages

Medication in Aircrew

chapter 38|8 pages

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

chapter 39|8 pages

Cabin Crew Health

chapter 41|8 pages

Military Aeromedical Evacuation

chapter 42|10 pages

Civilian Aeromedical Retrieval

part |2 pages

Part IV: Operational Aviation Medicine

chapter 46|10 pages

Air Traffic Control

chapter 47|16 pages

Errors and Accidents

chapter 48|14 pages

The Flight Deck and Cockpit

chapter 49|10 pages

In-flight communications

chapter 50|22 pages

Noise

chapter 51|12 pages

Aircrew and Cosmic Radiation

chapter 55|10 pages

Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles

chapter 56|6 pages

Aircraft Hygiene