Accession Number:

ADA193633

Title:

USAF Hyperbaric Animal Transfer Chamber System.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Aug 86-Feb 87,

Corporate Author:

SCHOOL OF AEROSPACE MEDICINE BROOKS AFB TX

Personal Author(s):

• Calcote, Rocky D.

Report Date:

1988-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

90.0

Abstract:

The Animal Transfer Chamber ATC is an especially designed and constructed test system for research use in the study and evaluation of the physiological effects of high barometric pressures on laboratory animals. The purpose of this technical report is to provide the user organization with guidance, procedures, and safety precautions related to the installation and operation of the USAF hyperbaric ATC system. Keywords Hyperbaric oxygen research.

Descriptors:

• *HYPERBARIC CHAMBERS
• *USER MANUALS
• BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
• HIGH PRESSURE
• HYPERBARIC CONDITIONS
• LABORATORY ANIMALS
• ORGANIZATIONS
• OXYGEN
• PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
• TRANSFER
• USER NEEDS
• LABORATORY TESTS
• STRESS(PHYSIOLOGY)

Subject Categories:

• Hydraulic and Pneumatic Equipment
• Stress Physiology
• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE