1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:04,110 What are you feeling ? # 14 or four of 2 00:00:04,110 --> 00:00:07,470 spades four of spades four spades , 3 00:00:07,470 --> 00:00:09,880 farm spades right now , what would you 4 00:00:09,890 --> 00:00:11,668 do right now sir , if he was an 5 00:00:11,668 --> 00:00:14,090 aircraft , four spades , farm spades 6 00:00:14,090 --> 00:00:18,050 right now , did you get it down ? 7 00:00:18,540 --> 00:00:20,940 Hypoxia is a condition when we are not 8 00:00:20,940 --> 00:00:23,040 getting enough oxygen in the blood 9 00:00:23,050 --> 00:00:25,220 tissues and cells . When this occurs , 10 00:00:25,220 --> 00:00:27,590 it will affect our normal physiological 11 00:00:27,590 --> 00:00:29,500 function , thereby decreasing our 12 00:00:29,500 --> 00:00:31,556 cognitive and physical performance . 13 00:00:31,556 --> 00:00:34,070 The most common form of hypoxia is due 14 00:00:34,070 --> 00:00:35,903 to the lack of oxygen or loss of 15 00:00:35,903 --> 00:00:38,370 pressurization at altitude typically 16 00:00:38,370 --> 00:00:41,230 above 10,000 ft for prolonged periods 17 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,340 simply stated . Our ability to fly an 18 00:00:44,340 --> 00:00:46,680 aircraft , navigate , go over a 19 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:49,070 checklist or drop bombs on target are 20 00:00:49,070 --> 00:00:51,070 compromised when we are not getting 21 00:00:51,070 --> 00:00:54,050 enough oxygen in the body . Airspace 22 00:00:54,050 --> 00:00:56,470 physiology shouldn't be confused with 23 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:58,591 what the guys over the med group do . 24 00:00:58,591 --> 00:01:00,740 Uh they treat patients , we focused 25 00:01:00,740 --> 00:01:03,000 mainly on training and training , 26 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:04,890 particularly on performance 27 00:01:04,900 --> 00:01:07,011 optimization . Especially it comes to 28 00:01:07,011 --> 00:01:09,233 flying physiological events in military 29 00:01:09,233 --> 00:01:11,289 aviation that have been going on for 30 00:01:11,289 --> 00:01:13,233 many years were due to a number of 31 00:01:13,233 --> 00:01:15,456 reasons . Some of these reasons include 32 00:01:15,456 --> 00:01:17,678 aging aircraft issues with life support 33 00:01:17,678 --> 00:01:19,622 system or just limited resources . 34 00:01:19,622 --> 00:01:21,622 Training has always been one of the 35 00:01:21,622 --> 00:01:23,678 solutions , but in order to make our 36 00:01:23,678 --> 00:01:25,800 training more robust . The Air Force 37 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,130 recognized that airspace physiologists 38 00:01:28,140 --> 00:01:30,300 and aerospace physiology technicians 39 00:01:30,310 --> 00:01:32,690 need to be more involved and exposed an 40 00:01:32,700 --> 00:01:35,170 actual flying . If we get to actually 41 00:01:35,170 --> 00:01:37,226 see an experience for ourselves what 42 00:01:37,226 --> 00:01:39,448 our marker goes through on a day to day 43 00:01:39,448 --> 00:01:41,670 basis , then we can effectively deliver 44 00:01:41,670 --> 00:01:45,610 the requirements . Also concerns the 45 00:01:45,610 --> 00:01:47,499 best way to do this by realigning 46 00:01:47,499 --> 00:01:49,700 ourselves under operations and become 47 00:01:49,700 --> 00:01:51,780 non rated aircrew ourselves . Now , 48 00:01:51,790 --> 00:01:53,679 it's not just hypoxia that we are 49 00:01:53,679 --> 00:01:55,679 addressing . We also tackle spatial 50 00:01:55,679 --> 00:01:57,623 disorientation , flying at night , 51 00:01:57,623 --> 00:02:00,470 visual illusions , G forces , fatigue 52 00:02:00,470 --> 00:02:02,710 stress , crew research , resource 53 00:02:02,710 --> 00:02:04,630 management and many other human 54 00:02:04,630 --> 00:02:06,519 performance threats in aviation . 55 00:02:06,519 --> 00:02:10,410 Traditionally the way we get 56 00:02:10,420 --> 00:02:12,610 students hypoxic is using a chamber 57 00:02:12,620 --> 00:02:15,120 with pumps that will actually the air 58 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:17,280 out , simulating decreasing pressure 59 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:19,169 and decrease in auction as well . 60 00:02:19,169 --> 00:02:21,336 Nowadays , however , we used to reduce 61 00:02:21,336 --> 00:02:23,447 auction bringing device also known as 62 00:02:23,447 --> 00:02:25,613 the R . O . B . D . Where this time he 63 00:02:25,613 --> 00:02:27,780 utilizes gases . What happens is these 64 00:02:27,780 --> 00:02:30,058 gases will get mixed inside the device . 65 00:02:30,058 --> 00:02:32,169 The device will alter the percentages 66 00:02:32,169 --> 00:02:34,391 and what the students will be breathing 67 00:02:34,391 --> 00:02:34,230 will be mostly nitrogen . The second 68 00:02:34,230 --> 00:02:36,341 piece would be the hft or the hypoxia 69 00:02:36,341 --> 00:02:38,286 Familiarization trainer where it's 70 00:02:38,286 --> 00:02:40,341 actually small scale simulator where 71 00:02:40,341 --> 00:02:42,508 the student will actually do something 72 00:02:42,508 --> 00:02:44,674 familiar with them in this setup right 73 00:02:44,674 --> 00:02:46,897 here , it can happen anytime . Either I 74 00:02:46,897 --> 00:02:46,750 decided to advance it or the machine 75 00:02:46,750 --> 00:02:48,917 will actually follow the schedule that 76 00:02:48,917 --> 00:02:51,083 I put in there . While the individuals 77 00:02:51,083 --> 00:02:52,972 flying the simulator , I'm giving 78 00:02:52,972 --> 00:02:54,750 pretty much heading changes are 79 00:02:54,750 --> 00:02:56,750 actually changes . The machine will 80 00:02:56,750 --> 00:02:59,028 kick in and slowly and do some hypoxia . 81 00:02:59,028 --> 00:03:01,028 The training therefore deliberately 82 00:03:01,028 --> 00:03:03,028 gets people hypoxic in a controlled 83 00:03:03,028 --> 00:03:05,083 setting while performing a simulated 84 00:03:05,083 --> 00:03:07,194 task . The goal is for the individual 85 00:03:07,194 --> 00:03:09,361 or the student to be able to recognize 86 00:03:09,361 --> 00:03:11,194 their symptoms and hopefully can 87 00:03:11,194 --> 00:03:13,306 perform their emergency procedures or 88 00:03:13,306 --> 00:03:14,260 what we call corrective procedures .