CURRENT CONCEPTS AND PRACTICES APPLICABLE TO THE CONTROL OF BODY HEAT LOSS IN AIRCREW SUBJECTED TO WATER IMMERSION

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Abstract:

The problem of providing adequate clothing for personnel who either accidentally of otherwise are immersed in cold water has continued to challenge clothing manufacturers for the past decade. The development of foamed plastics and other clothing materials offers new possibilities. Likewise new advances in energy conversion systems offer new solutions to this critical operational problem. The basic physical and physiological concepts which pertain to the problem of limiting thermal loss from the immersed human are reviewed. The newer technical developments in insulative clothing and supplemental heating systems are reviewed. The newer technical developments in insulative clothing and supplemental heating systems are reviewed and discussed with relation to these basic concepts.

Author(s):
Beckman, E. L. ; Reeves, E. ; Goldman, R. F.
Author Organization(s):
NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH INST BETHESDA MD
Descriptive Note:
Interim rept.
Supplementary Note:
Pub. in Aerospace Medicine, v37 n4 p349-357, Apr 1966
Annotation:
Reprint: CURRENT CONCEPTS AND PRACTICES APPLICABLE TO THE CONTROL OF BODY HEAT LOSS IN AIRCREW SUBJECTED TO WATER IMMERSION
Pagination:
0013

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
NAVMED-MR005.13-4001.06
Monitor Series:
MR005.13-4001.06, NAVMED
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_1.2.6_Concepts; JCA_8.2.4_Leverage Capacities and Capabilities of Security Establishments; JCA_8.2_Shape; JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_1.2.7_Experimentation; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_1.2.1_Training; JCA_4.3_Maintain; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_1.4.1_Force Health Protection; JCA_1.4_Force Support; JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3_Force Application
Communities of Interest:
Energy and Power Technologies
Descriptor(s):
*PROTECTIVE CLOTHING, *BODY TEMPERATURE, HEAT TRANSFER, REPRINTS, TEMPERATURE, FLIGHT CREWS, WATER, METABOLISM, COSTS, ENERGY CONVERSION, HEAT PRODUCTION(BIOLOGY), THERMAL INSULATION, TOLERANCES(PHYSIOLOGY), HYPOTHERMIA, THERMOCHEMISTRY, THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY, PHYSIOLOGY, OCEANS, EXPOSURE(PHYSIOLOGY), SEA RESCUES, SURVIVAL(PERSONNEL)
Field(s)/Group(s):
Stress Physiology, Protective Equipment
Keyword(s):
IMMERSION, WATER
Report Date:
1965 Jan 01