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Situational pressures on aviation decision making: goal seduction and situation aversion.

30 May 2009 INTRODUCTION: The context in which a decision is made can shape the decision process in important ways. Of particular interest here are 'strong' situations, that is, contexts where the situation itself exerts an influence on decision making. ...
rec_pub_19522367-situational-pressures-aviation-decision-making-goal-seduction.htm

A surgical safety checklist.

26 May 2009
rec_pub_19484824-a-surgical-safety-checklist.htm

Radiation in the workplace-a review of studies of the risks of occupational exposure to ionising radiation.

17 May 2009 Many individuals are, or have been, exposed to ionising radiation in the course of their work and the epidemiological study of occupationally irradiated groups offers an important opportunity to complement the estimates of risks to health resulting ...
rec_pub_19454806-radiation-workplace-review-studies-risks-occupational-exposure.htm

[Reasons for grounding flying personnel with urolithiasis]

29 Apr 2009 Analysis of reasons for grounding flying personnel with urolithiasis showed that most of the professional pilots with the record of service of 19.7 +/- 1.3 yrs. had not been given treatment at the young age (mean age - 35.1 +/- 1.7 yrs.). After a ...
rec_pub_19711866-reasons-grounding-flying-personnel-urolithiasis.htm

Monitoring antioxidant defenses and free radical production in space-flight, aviation and railway engine operators, for the prevention and treatment of oxidative stress, immunological impairment, and pre-mature cell aging.

29 Apr 2009 Degenerative diseases, immune impairment, and premature ageing commonly affect professional categories exposed to severe environmental and psychological stress. Among these, cosmonauts routinely experience extreme conditions due to microgravity, ...
rec_pub_19651796-monitoring-antioxidant-defenses-free-radical-production-space-flight.htm

Impact of vertigo and spatial disorientation on concurrent cognitive tasks.

29 Apr 2009 Disorientation may draw attention from other activities and its impact on cognition may cause pilot error and problems of concentration in dizzy patients. Tasks used to study the impact of disorientation include number processing, intelligence ...
rec_pub_19645910-impact-vertigo-spatial-disorientation-concurrent-cognitive-tasks.htm

Virtual neurosurgery: forceps, scissors, and suction meet the microprocessor, rocket science, and nuclear physics.

29 Apr 2009
rec_pub_19404141-virtual-neurosurgery-forceps-scissors-suction-meet-microprocessor.htm

The FAA's postmortem forensic toxicology self-evaluated proficiency test program: the second seven years.

29 Apr 2009 During toxicological evaluations of samples from fatally injured pilots involved in civil aviation accidents, a high degree of quality control/quality assurance (QC/QA) is maintained. Under this philosophy, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ...
rec_pub_19470227-the-faa-s-postmortem-forensic-toxicology-self-evaluated-proficiency.htm

Cost and workforce implications of subjecting all physicians to aviation industry work-hour restrictions.

15 Apr 2009 BACKGROUND: Efforts to improve patient safety have attempted to incorporate aviation industry safety standards. We sought to evaluate the cost and workforce implications of applying aviation duty-hour restrictions to the entire practicing physician ...
rec_pub_19375063-cost-workforce-implications-subjecting-physicians-aviation-industry.htm

Mass casualty tracking with air traffic control methodologies.

15 Apr 2009 BACKGROUND: An intrahospital casualty throughput system modeled after air traffic control (ATC) tracking procedures was tested in mass casualty exercises. ATC uses a simple tactile process involving informational progress strips representing each ...
rec_pub_19476883-mass-casualty-tracking-air-traffic-control-methodologies.htm

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