Ernsting's Aviation and Space Medicine (Hardcover, 6 ed)

PART ONE

Ch 1: The Earth's Atmosphere

Ch 2: Cardiovascular Physiology

Ch 3: Respiratory Physiology

Ch 4: Hypoxia and Hyperventilation

Ch 5: The Principles of Altitude Protection

Ch 6: Cabin Pressurization and PPE

Ch 7: Oxygen Systems

Ch 8: Long Duration Acceleration

Ch 9: Short Duration acceleration

Ch 10: Head Injury and Protection

Ch 11: Restraint Systems and Escape from Aircraft

Ch 12: Human physiology in the thermal environment

Ch 13: Thermal stress protection and survival

Ch 14: Vibration

Ch 15: Physiology of sleep and wakefulness sleep disorders and the effects on aircrew

Ch 16: Optics and vision

Ch 17: Spatial orientation & disorientation in flight

PART TWO

Ch 18: Space flight environment and biodynamic forces

Ch 19: Space adaptation, Clinical Issues and Countermeasures

Ch 20: Commercial human space travel

PART THREE

Ch 21:? Medical standards

Ch 22: Aeromedical risk - a numerical approach

Ch 23: Cardiovascular disease

Ch 24: Respiratory disease

?Ch 25: Aviation Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Ch 26: Kidney disease

Ch 27: Metabolic and Endocrine Disease

Ch 28: Haematological disease

Ch 29: Skin disease

Ch 30: Neurological disease

Ch 31: Decompression illness

Ch 32: Mental health and well-being

Ch 33: Women's health

Ch 34: Ophthalmic disease

Ch 35: Diseases of the ear, nose & throat

Ch 36: Orthopaedic conditions

Ch 37: Infectious disease and air travel

Ch 38: Passenger fitnes-to-fly

Ch 39: Medication in aircrew

PART FOUR

Ch 40: Selection and training

Ch 41: The flight deck and cockpit

Ch 42: Human factors in aviation

Ch 43: Safety in Civil Aviation

Ch 44: Errors and Accidents

Ch 45: Accident investigation and aviation pathology

Ch 46: Air traffic control

Ch 47:? Cabin Crew Health

Ch 48: Aviator fatigue and relevant fatigue countermeasures

Ch 49: Anthropometry and aircrew equipment integration

Ch 50: In-flight communications and noise

Ch 51: Aircrew and cosmic radiation

Ch 52: Motion Sickness

Ch 53: Aeromedical Evacuation

Ch 54: Rotary wing Operation by Land and Sea

Ch 55: Remoted Piloted Aircraft Systems

Ch 56: Aircraft hygiene

Index