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Publikováno v:
Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance. 92:798-805
INTRODUCTION: Each year in Canada, there are a number of pilots and passengers who die in seaplane water accidents. A study examining the human factors and fatality rates associated with these accidents was conducted. METHODS: Seaplane water accident
Autor:
Chris J. Brooks, Conor V MacDonald
Publikováno v:
Aerospace medicine and human performance. 91(2)
INTRODUCTION: In Canada, aviators and seafarers are required to be medically fit by international and domestic standards to be issued a medical certificate by Transport Canada (TC). In the event of denial or restriction, individuals have the right to
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics. 54:19-25
Introduction Canadian drowning rates for children are high and an increased demand for child flotation devices with novel designs is expected. This experiment was conducted to: 1) record the donning performance of life jackets on children/infants usi
Publikováno v:
Aerospace medicine and human performance. 88(4)
BACKGROUND: Around 25% of people involved in a helicopter accident in water do not survive. From time to time, physicians and their medical staff are required to fly over water in a helicopter to attend one or more seriously ill patients. Many will h
Publikováno v:
Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine. 85:857-862
BACKGROUND: Helicopter underwater escape training (HUET) carries a potential for injury and this paper identifies the injury rate. METHOD: A marine survival training school registry of all students trained between 2005-2012 in HUET and the coinciding
Autor:
Wren L. Haaland, Christopher J Brooks, Susan Pardee Baker, Conor V MacDonald, Dennis F. Shanahan
Publikováno v:
Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine. 85:440-444
According to 40 yr of data, the fatality rate for a helicopter crash into water is approximately 25%. Does warning time and the final position of the helicopter in the water influence the survival rate?The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
Publikováno v:
Journal of Ergonomics.
Canada published a new lifejacket standard in 2007, but at the time the literature on infant lifejacket performance was sparse and did not guide creation of the standard. Since that time the authors conducted a series of trials on currently available
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics. 17:15-23
Laboratories and test houses keep a "pool" of test subjects that volunteer to be participants in life jacket approval testing, which is believed to be an incorrect procedure. Fifty-six participants donned 8 child/infant life jackets onto 4 infant man
Publikováno v:
Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine. 81:683-687
Introduction When a helicopter ditches the majority of crew and passengers have to make an underwater escape. Some may not be able to hold their breath and will drown. For at least 15 yr, military aircrew have been trained to use a scuba system. In t