ALTITUDE AND HYPOXIA
AWARENESS TRAINING
Classroom instruction is reinforced with practical exercises in an FAA-approved altitude chamber, enabling participants to recognize critical hypoxia symptoms, raising the overall awareness of its dangers and how to respond. Pilots also manage the effects of hypoxia and night vision and how practice recovering from a rapid decompression.
ALTITUDE AND HYPOXIA
AWARENESS TRAINING
Classroom instruction is reinforced with practical exercises in an FAA-approved altitude chamber, enabling participants to recognize critical hypoxia symptoms, raising the overall awareness of its dangers and how to respond. Pilots also manage the effects of hypoxia and night vision and how practice recovering from a rapid decompression.
Altitude Training Overview
The NASTAR Center provides a comprehensive Altitude Chamber Instructor Training program. This program includes both academic instruction (3 days) and hands-on training of chamber operation (2 days). A certified NASTAR Center instructor will prepare training materials suited to the customer’s training needs and will deliver these materials upon arrival for instructor training. This process creates a turn-key training system where resident instructors become fully qualified to safety and effectively teach NASTAR Center supplied curriculum to aircrews.
Altitude Physiology
(1 Day Program)
Familiarizes Altitude Chamber Operators, Pilots, Aircrew and Physiologist’s with the physical, physiological, and psychological stresses of the high altitude environment. This course prepares trainees to function and survive in the high altitude environment through knowledge and hands-on training. This course includes Academic training and a flight in an Altitude Chamber.
Altitude Chamber Operator Training
(1 Day Program)
Familiarizes Altitude Chamber Operators and Inside Observers with Pre-Operational Checks, Chamber Profiles Types I – V, Signs & Symptoms of Hypoxia, Hypoxia & Night, Vision, Profile Management, Rapid Decompression Profile, Normal Operations, Emergency Operations. This course includes Academic training and a flight in an Altitude Chamber.
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For more information or to schedule military aviation training at the NASTAR Center please call 215-355-9100, ext. 1287 or visit our contact page below.
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