Human Responses to a Simulated 35,000-Foot Instantaneous Decompression and the Subsequent Descent Profile Required by Federal Aviation Administration Policy

Self, David A.; Shaffstall, Robert M.; Mandella, Joseph G.; Paskoff, Lawrence N; White, Vicky; Burian, Dennis

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Human Responses to a Simulated 35,000-Foot Instantaneous Decompression and the Subsequent Descent Profile Required by Federal Aviation Administration Policy

2015-04-01
By Self, David A. ; Shaffstall, Robert M. ; Mandella, Joseph G.

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Human Responses to a Simulated 35,000-Foot Instantaneous Decompression and the Subsequent Descent Profile Required by FAA Policy Cover title
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Self, David A. ; Shaffstall, Robert M. ; Mandella, Joseph G. ; Paskoff, Lawrence N ; White, Vicky ; Burian, Dennis
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Office of Aerospace Medicine
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DOT/FAA/AM-15/8
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Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
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Sudden decompression of an airliner passenger cabin due to structural failure or damage is unlikely, but it poses a potentially life-threatening event for occupants. We investigated a worst-case scenario, where the passenger fails to receive supplemental oxygen during a rapid decompression (RD), and the subsequent emergency descent to 25,000 ft required by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) policy. Our research question was whether an individual's oxygen stores will be depleted prior to the aircraft descending to an altitude that will permit inward fluxes of oxygen that exceed the resting oxygen consumption requirement.
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