Ernsting’s Aviation and Space Medicine (6th Edition)

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By: David P. Gradwell, Elizabeth S. Wilkinson

ISBN 9780367471620
Pages: 922. 32 Color. 265 B/W Illustrations
Format: Hardcover
Published: May 30, 2025
Publisher: CRC Press

Description: 

Ernsting's Aviation and Space Medicine applies current understanding in medicine, physiology and the behavioural sciences to the medical challenges and stresses that are faced by both civil and military aircrew, and their passengers, on a daily basis. The sixth edition of this established textbook and clinical reference has been revised and updated by a multidisciplinary team of experienced contributors, many new to this edition. The structure of the book has been refined, bringing related chapters together where appropriate, while the clinical content has been carefully streamlined in line with the specific requirements of the aviation medicine practitioner and adviser, with new chapters added on Commercial Space Travel, Skin Disease and Women’s Health.

Key Features:

• Convenient – embraces all aspects of aviation medicine in a single volume, divided into four parts for ease of reference: Aviation Physiology & Aircrew Systems, Space Physiology & Medicine, Clinical Aviation Medicine and Operational Aviation Medicine
• Comprehensive – covers all forms of military and passenger-carrying aircraft, including issues surrounding passenger safety and transport of the sick and injured
• Aids detailed understanding – focuses on the principles underlying the standards in the field rather than just the standards themselves
• Applicable worldwide – addresses international issues, including worldwide regulation of medical standards, and travel and disease
• Accessible – chapter summaries enable rapid assimilation of key points while key references and suggestions for further reading encourage in-depth learning
• eBook included - text fully online and searchable via VitalSource eBook

The text remains the recommended coursebook for those studying for the Diploma in Aviation Medicine of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians, recognized worldwide as an exemplary standard in the field, and for similar worldwide qualifications. It is an essential companion for all civil and military aviation medicine practitioners, both when preparing for professional examinations and in daily practice, and for those in the many disciplines of the behavioural and life sciences that include some study of aviation, its physiology and related issues. It is also recommended reading for those with a wider interest in the medical problems of professional or recreational flying, air transport and the aviation industry.

Table of Contents:

PART 1: Aviation Physiology and Aircrew Systems
1 The Earth's atmosphere
Ross D. Pollock and Peter D. Hodkinson
2 Cardiovascular physiology
Thomas G. Smith
3 Respiratory physiology
Caroline Jolley
4 Hypoxia and hyperventilation
Joseph K. Britton
5 The principles of altitude protection
Joseph K. Britton
6 Cabin pressurization and personal pressure equipment
Joseph K. Britton
7 Oxygen systems
Joseph K. Britton
8 Long-duration acceleration
Nicholas D.C. Green
9 Short-duration acceleration
Matthew E. Lewis
10 Head injury and protection
Matthew E. Lewis and Ronan Dardis
11 Restraint systems and escape from aircraft
Matthew E. Lewis
12 Human physiology in the thermal environment
Andy S. Weller
13 Thermal stress, protection and survival
Andy S. Weller
14 Vibration: Hand-transmitted and whole-body effects on human health and wellness
Adrienne M. Madison, Matthew T. Ballard, Tamara T. Chambers and Valeta Carol Chancey
15 Physiology of sleep and wakefulness, sleep disorders and the effects on aircrew
J. Lynn Caldwell
16 Optics and vision
Malcolm G.L. Woodcock
17 Spatial orientation and disorientation in flight
Alaistair Bushy and Tracy L. Grimshaw
PART 2: Space Physiology and Medicine
18 Spaceflight environment and biodynamic forces
Michael R. Barratt and Maybritt Kuypers
19 Space adaptation, clinical issues and countermeasures
Michael R. Barratt and Sergi Vaquer Araujo
20 Commercial human space travel
James M. Vanderploeg and Richard T. Jennings
PART 3: Clinical Aviation Medicine
21 Regulation of medical standards
Johanna Jordaan, Michael A. Berry and Darren Ellison
22 Aeromedical risk: A numerical approach
Mark K. Cairns, Michael J.A. Trudgill and Nicholas D.C. Green
23 Cardiovascular disease
Edward D. Nicol and David A. Holdsworth
24 Respiratory disease
Jonathan R. Naylor
25 Gastrointestinal and liver disease
Joanna d’Arcy
26 Kidney disease
Andrew Timperley and Senti Baladurai
27 Metabolic and endocrine disease
David Russell-Jones and Gillian L. Garden
28 Haematological disease
Lucinda Blake
29 Skin disease
Amr Salam and Alys H. Hunter
30 Neurological disease
Damian Jenkins
31 Decompression illness
Desmond M. Connolly and Mark A. Glover
32 Mental health and wellbeing
Paul Cooper, Asha Pook and Robert J. Bor
33 Women’s health
Kathryn Hughes
34 Ophthalmic disease
Malcolm G.L. Woodcock
35 Diseases of the ear, nose and throat
David A. Jonathan
36 Orthopaedic conditions
Edward Spurrier and Ronan Dardis
37 Infectious disease and air travel
Matthew G. Adam, David Powell and Ewan J. Hutchison
38 Passenger fitness to fly
Stephen Houston
39 Medication in aircrew
Andrew Timperley
PART 4: Operational Aviation Medicine
40 Pilot selection and training
Robert J. Bor and Jennifer Eaglestone
41 The flight deck and cockpit
D. Helen M. Hoar
42 Human factors in aviation
Roberto De Martino and Stephen R. Jarvis
43 Safety in civil aviation
Nicholas Dann
44 Errors and accidents
Emma Smith and Will Tutton
45 Accident investigation and aviation pathology
Matthew E. Lewis and Michael J.P. Biggs
46 Air traffic control
Rae-Wen Chang
47 Cabin crew health
Justin Flatt
48 Aviation fatigue and relevant fatigue countermeasures
John A. Caldwell
49 Anthropometry and aircrew equipment integration
Matthew E. Lewis
50 In-flight noise and communications
Graham M. Rood and Susan H. James
51 Aircrew and cosmic radiation
Anna Fogtman
52 Motion sickness
John F. Golding
53 Aeromedical evacuation
Geoffrey Tothill and Ian A. Mollan
54 Rotary wing operation by land and sea
Mark S. Adams
55 Remotely piloted aircraft systems
Anthony P. Tvarynanas
56 Aircraft hygiene
Jane-Marie Hawronskyj

About the authors

David P. Gradwell: Emeritus Professor of Aerospace Medicine, King’s College London; ex-consultor en medicina de aviación en Guy’s & St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust; presidente de la International Academy of Aviation & Space Medicine.

Elizabeth S. Wilkinson: Consultora en medicina ocupacional y de aviación; ex directora de servicios de salud en British Airways; presidenta de la UK Association of Aviation Medical Examiners

Keywords
aviation medicine, aerospace medicine, space travel, physiology, aerospace physiology, aeromedical training, commercial space travel, aircrew health, aerospace safety, women’s health

Target Audience
Aviation medicine practitioners, aerospace physicians, aeromedical examiners, military and civil aircrew, flight safety professionals, aerospace researchers

Genre
Professional / Academic – Medicine & Science

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