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Thermal Environment of Litter Positions and Human Responses Onboard Hercules C-130 Aircraft
Thermal Environment of Litter Positions and Human Responses Onboard Hercules C130 Aircraft Author:Margaret M. Walsh This is a AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSONAFB OH report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A845443. The abstract pro... more »vided by the Pentagon follows: This non-experimental, descriptive correlational research study examined the thermal environment of lifter positions and human responses onboard the Hercules C-130 aircraft. The C-13O aircraft is a cargo aircraft that can be configured to transport patients. Thermal stress is one of eight stresses of flight patients experience in the airborne environment. The study measured ambient air temperature, air flow, perception of thermal environment, perception of thermal comfort, tympanic temperature and skin temperature. Measurements were obtained preflight, post flight and every fifteen minutes inflight.« less