Ernsting's Aviation and Space Medicine

Description

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-disciplinary team of experienced contributors, and includes new chapters on space physiology and medicine, passenger safety, rotary wing operation by land and sea, and UAVs. It remains the recommended textbook for those studying for the Diploma in Aviation Medicine of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians, recognized worldwide as a standard in the field, and for similar overseas qualifications.

Ernsting's Aviation and Space Medicine remains an essential companion for all civil and military aviation medicine practitioners, both when preparing for professional examinations and in daily practice, and for those in the many disciplines of the behavioural and life sciences that include some study of aviation, its physiology and related issues. It is also recommended reading for those with a wider interest in the medical problems of professional or recreational flying, air transport and the aviation industry.

Features

• Convenient – embraces all aspects of aviation medicine in a single volume, divided into four parts for ease of reference: Aviation Physiology & Aircrew Systems, Space Physiology & Medicine, Clinical Aviation Medicine and Operational Aviation Medicine
• Comprehensive – covers all forms of military and passenger-carrying aircraft, including issues surrounding passenger safety and transport of the sick and injured
• Aids detailed understanding – focuses on the principles underlying the standards in the field rather than just the standards themselves
• Applicable worldwide – addresses international issues, including worldwide regulation of medical standards, and travel and disease
• Accessible – new chapter summaries enable rapid assimilation of key points while key references and suggestions for further reading encourage in-depth learning
• eBook included - text fully online and searchable via VitalSource eBook

Contents

AVIATION PHYSIOLOGY AND AIRCREW SYSTEMS

• The Earth’s Atmosphere
  David Gradwell
• Cardiovascular Physiology
  Jane Ward
• Respiratory Physiology
  Jane Ward
• Hypoxia and Hyperventilation
  David Gradwell
• Prevention of Hypoxia
  David Gradwell
• The Pressure Cabin and Life Support Equipment
  David Gradwell
• Effects of and Protection Against Long Duration Acceleration
  Nicholas Green
• Short Duration Acceleration
  Mathew Lewis
• Head Injury and Protection
  Mathew Lewis
• Restraint Systems and Escape From Aircraft
  Mathew Lewis
• Human Physiology in the Thermal Environment
  Michael Tipton and Graeme Maidment
• Thermal Protection and Survival
  Graeme Maidment and Michael Tipton
• Vibration
  J.R. Rollin Stott
• Anthropometry and Aircrew Equipment
  Mathew Lewis and Michael Trudgill
• Physiology of Sleep and Wakefulness
  Lyn Caldwell
• Optics and Vision
  Robert Scott and Paul Wright
• Spatial Orientation and Disorientation in Flight
  J.R. Rollin Stott and A.J. Benson

PHYSIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

• Space Physiology and Medicine
  Michael Barratt

CLINICAL AVIATION MEDICINE

• International Regulation of Medicine Standards
  Anthony Evans, Sally Evans, and Gwynn Harper
• Aeromedical Risk - A Numerical Approach
  Anthony Evans
• Cardiovascular Disease
  Michael Joy and Gordon Williams
• Hypertension
  Edward Nicol
• Respiratory Disease
  Gary Davies
• Aviation Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  Gareth Corbett
• Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders
  Raymond Johnston
• Renal Disease
  Andrew Timperley
• Haematology
  Paul Giangrande
• Malignant Disease
  Tania Jagathesan
• Neurological Disease
  Ralph Gregory and Damian Jenkins
• Ophthalmology
  Robert Scott and Paul Wright
• Otorhinolaryngology
  Saliya Caldera
• Aviation Psychiatry
  Geoff Reid
• Orthopaedics
  Ian Sargeant and John Kendrew
• Clinical Management of Decompression Illness
  Jane Risdall
• Medication and Aircrew
  Andrew Timperley
• Aviator Fatigue and Fatigue Counter-Measures
  John Caldwell
• Infectious Disease and Air Travel
  Andrew Green, David Hagen, and David Mulvaney
• HIV, AIDS and Related Issues
  Ewan Hutchison
• Cabin Crew Health
  Nigel Dowdall
• Commercial Passenger Fitness To Fly
  Mike Bagshaw
• Military Aeromedical Evacuation
  Ian Mollan
• Critical Care in the Air
  Neil Mcguire
• Civilian Aeromedical Retrieval
  Geoff Tothill

OPERATIONAL AVIATION MEDICINE

• Selection and Training
  Robert Bor, Carina Eriksen, and Margaret Oakes
• Crew Resource Management
  Stephen Jarvis
• Air Traffic Control
  John Roberts
• Errors and Accidents
  Sarah Harris
• The Flight Deck and Cockpit
  Mike Bagshaw
• In-Flight Communications
  Matt Peacock
• Aircrew and Cosmic Radiation
  Robert Hunter and Rick Tanner
• Motion Sickness
  J.R. Rollin Stott And Alan Benson
• Passenger Safety in Civil Aviation
  Nigel Dowdall
• Rotary Wing Operation by Land and Sea
  Mark Adams
• Uninhabited Air Vehicles
  Dale Daborn
• Aircraft Hygiene
  Mike Kelly
• Aviation Pathology and Accident Investigation
  Mathew Lewis and Graeme Maidment

Authors

Professor David P. Gradwell, professor of aerospace medicine, King’s College London; honorary consultant in aviation medicine, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, King’s Health Partners; and civilian consultant advisor in aviation medicine (Royal Air Force), UK

Air Commodore David J. Rainford, retired consultant physician and consultant adviser in renal disease (Royal Air Force); previously, defence postgraduate medical dean, consultant physician to the UK Civil Aviation Authority and senior consultant adviser in medicine to the Royal Air Force of Oman.