Aero Medical Aspects of Cabin Pressurization for Military and Commercial Aircraft

Lovelace, W. Randolph; Gagge, A. P.

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“…In the 1940s, Boothby continued his studies on lung volumes and measurements and he died in 1953 while working at the Lovelace Clinic in New Mexico 13 Lovelace published work in 1946 describing "the time of useful consciousness" when there is sudden depressurisation of an aircraft at high altitude and this was about two minutes at an altitude of 30,000 ft 1,15 .…”

Section: The Designers Of the Blb Maskmentioning

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High Altitude Hypoxia, A Mask and a Street. Donation of An Aviation BLB Oxygen Mask Apparatus from World War 2

Cooper

Street

2017

Anaesth Intensive Care

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The history of hypoxia prevention is closely interrelated with high altitude mountain and aviation physiology. One pioneering attempt to overcome low inspired oxygen partial pressures in aviation was the BLB mask-named after the three designers-Walter M Boothby, W Randolph Lovelace II and Arthur H Bulbulian. This mask and its variations originated just prior to World War 2 when aircraft were able to fly higher than 10,000 feet and pilot hypoxia affecting performance was an increasing problem. We give a brief description of the mask and its designers and discuss the donation of a model used by the British War Office in October 1940 and donated to the Harry Daly Museum at the Australian Society of Anaesthetists by the family of Dr Fred Street. Dr Street was a pioneering paediatric surgeon in Australia and served as a doctor in the Middle East and New Guinea in World War 2. He received the Military Cross.

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Section: The Designers Of the Blb Maskmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Lovelace published work in 1946 describing "the time of useful consciousness" when there is sudden depressurisation of an aircraft at high altitude and this was about two minutes at an altitude of 30,000 ft 1,15 .…”

Section: Walter M Boothby (28 July 1880-3 July 1953)mentioning

confidence: 99%