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At 5:05 AM 2/18/70, Richard Pyle wrote:
>On Mon, 31 Jul 1995, Scott Cherf wrote:
>
>> Wait a minute Rod.  Experience with hypoxia ought to be a requirement of
>> the course.
>
>I COMPLETELY agree; however, such experience should be conducted in very
>controlled circumstances, with people who know how to treat hypoxic
>patients standing there, and above all should NOT be conducted underwater.
>I did several such tests before I ever got in the water with a rebreather
>(I did similar tests for hypercapnia).  The point was to recognise the
>symptoms, not to simulate a real potentially life-threatening situation.

Right.  We weren't flying during the exercise, it was all done in a chamber.
The same thing could be accomplished on dry land.  BTW, treatment for
hypoxia was limitted to the chamber operator telling you to put your mask
back on.  I failed.  I just put mine on and gave him the 'thumbs up' while
grinning stupidly under my mask.  Then he turned my oxygen regulator on for
me.  Wow.  Big Difference... ;).

Scott.

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