Altitude Decompression Sickness Risk Prediction Research

Abstract

High altitude exposure in aircraft hypobaric chambers and with extravehicular- activity (EVA) in space results in an inherent risk of altitude decompression sickness (DCS). In the past general guidelines for safer altitude exposures have been developed through costly time-consuming studies each specific to unique scenarios of altitude exposure. Rapidly changing technology in aircraft design and mission requirements demand improved capabilities in predicting DCS risk during mission planning and execution.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADP011090

Entities

People

  • Andrew A. Pilmanis
  • James T. Webb
  • Lambros Petropoulos
  • Nandini Kannan

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Altitude
  • Application Software
  • Chambers
  • Computers
  • Decompression
  • Decompression Sickness
  • Equations
  • High Altitude
  • Hyperbaric Conditions
  • Low Altitude
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Software Development

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Underwater engineering and Marine Technology.

Technology Areas

  • Space