Chapter 8: Personal Health & Hygiene (PP ch 17) Flashcards
Stomach Sickness (2)
Gastritis Gastro-enteritis (food poisoning)
Gastro-enteritis Symptoms (4)
Timing
Prevention (4)
- Diarrhea- Vomiting
- Dehydration
- Insidious onset
90 min after ingestion -> wait 90 min if same meal
Prevention:
- Don’t drink local water, salad, dairy
- no uncooked meat
Incapacitation in Flight (5)
Course of action
- Tropical diseases
- Hypoxia
- CO poisoning
- Hyperventilation
- Gastritis / Gastroentitis
- > if incapacitated, push chair back, oxygen (by CC)
Motion Sickness
Symptoms (3)
Solutions (4)
Mismatch:
- Vestibular System
- Vision
- Proprioceptors
Symptoms:
- Pale
- Lethargic
- Apathy
Solution:
- Lie Down
- Air- Medication
- Fix focal point
Back Pain (6)
- Lumbargo
- Slit Disk
- Sciatica -> Nerve pressed in spinal chord
- Whiplash -> Neck injury due to crash
- Frozen Shoulder -> Stiff shoulder
- Ankylosing Spondylitis -> long term pain where spine meets pelvis
Alcohol Effects (5)
- Hypoxia
- Depth Perception
- Loss Performance
- Disrupts Sleep Pattern
- Coordination
Unit of Alcohol
Alcohol Process
Alcohol Allowance
1 unit = half pint, glass wine, shot
Broken down liver -> 15 mg / 100 mL / hr
Men 5u/day ; 21u/wk
Women 3u/day;
Bottle to throttle 8h, 20mg/100mL (02 Promile)
Alcoholism Effects:
Mental (5) - Physical (5)
Cause (3)
Mental effects:
- Damage mental state
- Damage social life
- Agressive if confronted
- Hide alcohol
- Marital problems
Physical:
- Red face
- Liver damage / failure
- Stomach, brain, heart damage
Cause:
- Hereditary
- Environmental
- Mental health
Caffeine Volume & Allowance
Reduced Performance 200 mg / 100mL Max Recommended 200 - 300 mg / 100mL / day
Cup Coffee 60 - 70 mg / 100 mL
Caffeine Effects
- Irritable
- Depressed
- Nausea, vomitting
- Hypertension -> heart disease, stroke
- Disrupts sleep
- Ulcers
- Hyperactiveness
- Diuretic -> dehydrated
Drugs Allowance Stimulant Effect Antihystamine Effect Nasal Decongestion Effect Alcohol Effect on Drugs
Can't fly on drugs without AME approval Stim -> energy then crash Antihystamines -> drowsy Nasal decongestion -> hallucinations Alcohol aggravates drug effects
Tropical Disease - Moskito-born (3)
Malaria
Dengue
Yellow Fever
Malaria Moskito
Medication
Prominent
Symptoms
Moskito: Anopheles
Medication: before / during
Prominent: night
Symptoms: flu-like
Dengue Moskito
Medication
Prominent
Symptoms
Moskito: Aedes Aegypti
Medication: no
Prominent: day, especially dawn / dusk
Symptoms: flu-like
Yellow Fever
Medication
Prominent
Symptoms
Medication: vaccine
Prominent: day
Symptoms: flu-like, light sensitivity, yellow skin, blood ooze