Post by Dr. Natalie Pasteur on Dec 13, 2009 2:18:35 GMT -5
Aerospace, Underwater, Mountain Climbing, G-forces, The Bends: Our bodies can only take so much that physics can throw at us. When we start to succumb to our Thrill Seeking, who is there to treat the injuries? Extreme Doctors, that's who!
Doctors Taking Care of The Astronauts.
He Survived 40 Gs of acceleration force then decelerated in less than 2 seconds - and then lived into his 80s without permanent injury. All for the sake of medicine and science.
Aero Medicine got it's start from studying people living high in the mountains like in Tibet (actually since American doctors weren't allowed in Tibet back in the 1950s the study was done on the mountain people of Peru living around 14,000 - 16,000 feet above sea level).
Physiology including larger lung and heart volume and increased Red Blood Cell counts allow for adaptation. An old film but the information is still very much the standards for Aerospace Medicine. Remember Captain Chuck Yaegar?
Doctors Taking Care of The Astronauts.
He Survived 40 Gs of acceleration force then decelerated in less than 2 seconds - and then lived into his 80s without permanent injury. All for the sake of medicine and science.
Aero Medicine got it's start from studying people living high in the mountains like in Tibet (actually since American doctors weren't allowed in Tibet back in the 1950s the study was done on the mountain people of Peru living around 14,000 - 16,000 feet above sea level).
Physiology including larger lung and heart volume and increased Red Blood Cell counts allow for adaptation. An old film but the information is still very much the standards for Aerospace Medicine. Remember Captain Chuck Yaegar?
