Threats To Aviation Flashcards
A 300fpm climb is a what climb in cabin altitude?
5000fpm.
What is the decompression sickness condition of skin?
Creeps
What is the decompression sickness condition of joints?
Bends
What is the decompression sickness condition of heart/lungs?
Chokes
What is the decompression sickness condition of brain/spinal cord.
Staggers.
What does henrys law regard?
Decompression sickness.
Do not fly within 12 hours of swimming using compressed air down to a depth of blank ft,
30ft
What is the normal axis?
Vertical
Whats gy axis?
Lateral
Whats gx axis?
Longitudinal.
Haemaglobin is blank times more likely to choose carbon monoxide than oxygen.
200times
How long does it take to recover from carbon monoxide poisoning?
Several days,
What should you do if carbon monoxide is detected.
Turn off cabin heat.
What is barotrauma cause by?
Change in air pressure?
What is otic barotrauma?
Ears.
Whats the valsalva technique?
Blowing nose to open eustathion tube.
What is aerodontalgia barotrauma?
Gas expansion in teeth.
How is ozone formed?
Solar uv and oxygen
What do catalytic converters do?
Convert ozone to oxygen.
What are two types of cosmic radiation?
Galactic or solar.
What occurs by chance, stochastic or non-stochastic?
Stochastic
At what altitude do you need a radiation detector?
49,000ft.
What measures cumulative doses and instant doses?
Radiation detector,
What can stochastic effect cause?
Cancer.
What can the non-stochastic effect cause?
Burning or hairloss.
For radiation doses greater than x mSv, a slight increase risk of cancer later in life has been scientifically proven. This dose is considered the threshold above which radiation is a threat to health.
100
During a go-around in IMC, the pilot flying does NOT pitch up to the nominal attitude for the go-around and the aircraft accelerates. In order to determine the flight path, the pilot flying must ignore/trust the seat of the pants feeling?
Ignore
After a cabin pressure loss at approximately 35000 ft the TUC (Time of Useful Consciousness) will be approximately (10-15seconds) (30-40seconds) (3-4minutes)
30-40seconds
