Last updated on 9/27/23 | First published on 6/6/22 | Literature review current through Mar. 2024
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Authors:
Jeff Althoff MD, FACEP/UHM,
Topic editors:
David Charash DO,CWS,FACEP,FUHM,
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Coauthor(s)
Jeff Althoff, MD, FACEP/UHM
Disclosures: Nothing to disclose
Editors
David Charash, DO,CWS,FACEP,FUHM
Disclosures: Nothing to disclose
INTRODUCTION
In this interview hosted by David Charash DO,CWS,FACEP,FUHM, Dr. Charash and Jeffrey (“GAS”) Althoff, MD, MBA, FACEP, FUHM take you on a journey into the world of military aviation, hyperbaric medicine, and their convergence. The interview explores the role of hyperbaric medicine in treating decompression sickness in military aviators, the dynamics of explosive decompression, In addition, Dr Althoff shares his journey from a medical director at a busy hyperbaric medicine program to flight surgeon of the United States Air Force, an expert in the specialized field of aviation medicine, also called flight medicine.
Target audience:
- Care settings: outpatient care settings, hospital, post acute (long-term care hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, skilled nursing facilities and home health)
FROM DEPTHS TO HEIGHTS: AN INSPIRING JOURNEY FROM HYPERBARIC PHYSICIAN TO FLIGHT SURGEON
Sessions in this video:
- 0:00 - Introduction by Dr. David Charash
- 01:32 - A call from EMS Control
- 02:22 - Types of loss of pressurization in a commercial airplane
- 06:42 - The dangers of decompression/depressurization
- 11:55 - What are the findings in rapid decompression?
- 13:52 - Characteristics of an explosive decompression
- 16:06 - Military aviators and decompression sickness
- 18:50 - Treatment protocol for decompression sickness
- 21:50 - Role and job description is of an Air Force Flight
- 24:23 - Your favorite aviation movie?
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