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Overview
Now in its Fourth Edition with a new editorial team, this comprehensive text addresses all medical and public health issues involved in the care of crews, passengers, and support personnel of aircraft and space vehicles. Coverage includes human physiology under flight conditions, clinical medicine in the aerospace environment, and the impact of the aviation industry on global public health.
This edition features new chapters on radiation, toxicology and microbiology, dental considerations in aerospace medicine, women's health issues, commercial human space flight, space exploration, and unique aircraft including parachuting. Other highlights include significant new information on respiratory diseases, cardiovascular medicine, infectious disease transmission, and human response to acceleration.
Editorial Reviews
From The Critics
Reviewer: Vincent F Carr, DO, MSA, FACC, FACP(Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)Description: This has been, and continues to be, the hands-down authority in the medicine of the aviation community. This fourth edition updates the 2002 publication.
Purpose: The goals have not changed from the first edition, that of providing a review for those providing professional care and advice to general aviation pilots and specialists in aerospace medicine. While advances are not occurring as fast as in previous decades, the task of remaining current continues to be a challenge. The authors have kept pace very well.
Audience: "The book is for all who study and work in the aerospace medical community, medical students, residents, and practitioners. The editors have brought together many credible contributors. "
Features: This remains one of the most comprehensive books in aerospace medicine and includes such additional information as the human factors issues of operating unmanned vehicles and the newer stressors of the combat environment. There remain areas that are routinely overlooked in every aerospace medicine discussion, such as the stressors and vision issues of air traffic controllers and the hazards faced by maintainers of aerospace vehicles. Otherwise, the book provides an interesting combination of history, physiology, and references for those looking for more detail.
Assessment: Clearly, this book continues to be a major contribution to the science of aerospace medicine and is an absolute requirement for every medical library frequented by students and practitioners of aerospace medicine.
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Table of Contents
HISTORY
Chapter 1 The Beginnings: Past and Present
PHYSIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, HUMAN FACTORS
Chapter 2 Respiratory Physiology and Protection Against Hypoxia
Chapter 3 Physiology of Decompressive Stress
Chapter 4 Human Response to Acceleration
Chapter 5 Vibration and Acoustics
Chapter 6 Spatial Orientation in Flight
Chapter 7 Thermal Stress
Chapter 8 Cosmic Radiation
Chapter 9 Aerospace Toxicology
Chapter 10 Space Environments
CLINICAL
Chapter 11 Pilot Health and Aeromedical Recertification
Chapter 12 Respiratory Diseases: Aeromedical Implications
Chapter 13 Clinical Aerospace Cardiovascular Medicine
Chapter 14 Ophthalmology in Aerospace Medicine
Chapter 15 Otolaryngology in Aerospace Medicine
Chapter 16 Aerospace Neurology
Chapter 17 Aerospace Psychiatry
Chapter 18 Endocrine System and Nephrology
Chapter 19 Infectious Diseases
Chapter 20 Dental Considerations in Aerospace Medicine
OPERATIONS
Chapter 21 Occupational and Environmental Medical Support to the Aviation Industry
Chapter 22 Women's Health Issues in Aerospace Medicine
Chapter 23 An Introduction to Human Factors in Aerospace
Chapter 24 Space Operations
Chapter 25 Aircraft Accidents: Investigation and Prevention
Chapter 26 Aviation Medicine in Unique Environments
Chapter 27 Aerospace Medicine Issues in Unique Aircraft Types
Chapter 28 The Practice of International Aerospace Medicine
THE FUTURE
Chapter 29 Aviation, Government Space, Biomedical Innovations, and Education
Chapter 30 Commercial Human Space Flight
Index