NTL Record

Title Hypoxia and performance decrement.
Record ID 38957
Personal Name
Creator
O'Connor, William F.; Scow, Jim; Pendergrass, George
Corporate Creator United States. Office of Aviation Medicine
Publisher Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Publication Date 19660500
Language English
Abstract The concept of time of useful consciousness fails to take into account the progressive decay that occurs in performance under hypoxic conditions. This study, using a means of quantitatively assessing such a decrement, presents data obtained in a series of chamber runs at 27,500 and 35,000 feet. The performance-decrement functions appear to follow the arterial-oxygen-saturation curves.
Rosap ID dot:20784
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/20784
TRT Terms Air pilots; Air navigators; Flight crews; Hypoxia; Altitude; Performance; Signal lights; Logic; Time duration; Oxygen; Human subject testing; Experiments; Test chambers
General Subjects Air pilots; Flight navigators; Flight crews; Cerebral anoxia; Altitudes; Loss of consciousness; Performance; Signal lights; Logic; Oxygen
Classification NTL - AVIATION - AVIATION;
NTL - AVIATION - Aviation Energy and Environment;
NTL - AVIATION - Aviation Human Factors;
NTL - AVIATION - Aviation Safety/Airworthiness;
NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Aviation Safety/Airworthiness;
NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Human Factors
Geographical
Coverage
United States
Report Number AM 66-15; DOT/FAA/AM-66/15
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/38000/38900/38957/AM66-15.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository