Rules for pilots wearing oxygen
10-12K ft if unpressurized over 30min
always over 12K
Part 135
Rules for crew wearing oxygen
part 91
12-14K minimum crew wars oxygen if over 30min
all over 15K ft
rate at which temp and altitude changes
lapse rate
3.5F per 1K ft
temp & volume
Charles’s law
gas law that explains thin air at high altitude
Dalton’s
21% O2 at all altitudes yet pressure less to drive into lungs
Henry’s Law
amount of gas dissolved depends on the pressure of the gas above the solution
trapped gas pain in GI system
ascend = pain worse descent = pain better
trapped gas pain in face
pain with descent
trapped gas pain in teeth
ascend= bad descend = improved
4 stages of hypoxia
indifferent = up to 10K compensatory = 10-15 disturbance = 15-20 critical= over 20K
TUC 18K ft
20-30min
TUC 25K ft
3-5min
TUC 30K ft
1-2 min
TUC 35K
30-60 sec
decibels of a cockpit of single engine plane
70-90 decibels
decibels of a single engine helicopter
80-102
gas law that explains gas diffusing from high to low
Graham’s
difference between Graham’s & Henry’s law
Graham’s: gas diffuse form high to low. O2/CO2 across alveoli
Henrys: dissolution by pressure
gas law that explains why oxygen/CO2 move across the cell membrane
Graham’s law
gas law that explains hypoxic hypoxia
Graham’s
burn center criteria for partial thickness
transfer if partial thicckness over 10% TBSA
rule of 9s arms
4.5%
rule of 9’s head
4.5%
rule of 9’s chest/abdomen
chest = 9%
abdomen - 9%