Chapter 17 - Personal Health and Hygiene Flashcards
What are the components of a cigarette and what are their impacts on the body?
Nicotine - Addictive Tar - carcinogenic CO - CO poisoning (increase suscept to hypoxia)
What is the most common form of pilot incapacitation?
Food poisoning or drinking contaminated water.
aka gastro-intestitus
What is the most dangerous form of gastro-intenstitus?
One with an insidious onset.
How can gastointestitus kill you?
dehydration
how long should you leave before eating and flying and why?
90 minutes and to ensure you dont get food poisoning at a crucial time.
Amoung other more obvious things, what should you avoid abroad and why?
Mayo, eggs could contain desease
Ice cream - diary could have come from infected cow
What 2 things can be said about breakfast?
You should never miss it
It should constitude 25% of your daily calorie intake
What is hypoglycaemia?
Short term food deprivation causing low blood sugar.
Hangriness
How do you calculate BMI?
BMI = Weight in kg / (Height in m)2
What are the different BMI weight classifications?
< 19 - underweight
19 - 25 healthy
25 - 30 overweight
> 30 obese
What does obesity increase the risk of?
Type 2 diabetes
Coronary heart disease
How can you avoid back pain in the cockpit?
Ensure good posture with lumbar support
Excersize regularly
What is the elimination rate for alcohol in the liver?
1 unit/hour or 15mg/100mls an hour
What is alcoholism defined as?
When excessive use of alcohol repeatedly damages a persons physical, mental or social life.
What is the daily and weekly alcohol limit for men and women?
men:
5 units daily
21 units weekly
women:
3 units daily
14 units weekly
What level of alcohol in the blood is associated with significant increase in errors by pilots?
40mg/100mls (half the driving limit)
What is the maximum level of alcohol in the blood for pilots?
20mg/100mls
What is the CAA requirement for the amount of time between drinking and flying?
8 hours
What level of caffeine may reduce performance?
200mg
What is the recommended daily limit for caffeine?
250-300mg (2-3 cups of coffee)
What is type 1 diabetes?
Where the body has an insulin deficiency or the pancrease cant produce insulin.
What is type 2 diabetes?
Where the pancrease cant produce enough insulin to maintain enough blood glucose
or
The body in unable to effectively use insulin.
Drugs
Drugs
How long does a pilot have to wait before they can fly after local anaestetic?
12 hours
How long does a pilot have to wait before they can fly after general anaestetic?
48 hours
How long does a pilot have to wait before they can fly after analgesics?
As long as it takes for the condition to go away, as it indicated a condition which precludes flying
