The Ear
This organ holds fluids that move small hairs in the ear.
What is the otolith/cupola?
These are the 2 types of receptors in the retina.
What are cones & rods?
Breathing that is too fast and too deep.
What is hyperventilation?
This attitude has people feel the need to do something immediately without thinking it through.
What is impulsivity?
This is the capacity to focus on what is relevant to the task at hand.
What is attention?
This is a manoeuvre to help equalize blockage in the ear.
What is Valsalva?
It is called this, when the eye focuses 3-5 feet infront of the retina.
What is Myopia?
These are at least 3 symptoms of carbon dioxide poisoning.
Sluggishness
Warmness
Intense headache
Throbbing ion the temples
Ringing in the ears
Dizziness
Dimming of the vision
This attitude has people wonder "what's the use?"
What is resignation
Being awake for 18 hours leads to this percentage of decrease to perform mental tasks (within 5%) (on the nose makes Louchlan Happy :) )
What is 30%?
This is a condition caused by changing barometric pressure.
What is Dysbarism?
From there centre outwards, these decrease in density.
What are cones?
This occurs when there is sufficient oxygen in the lungs but the blood cannot carry it in sufficient quantities.
What is Anemic Hypoxia?
"The rules don't apply to me!"
What is anti-authority?
10% of fatal accidents between 1993-2003 were caused, in some relation, to this.
What is alcohol?
Leans, Graveyard spiral, Coriolis, Somatographic.
What are vestibular illusions?
This is considered the best flight deck lighting system
What is low levels of white light?
This is the age range of a pilot most likely to have an accident.
What is between 35-39 years old?
This attitude is thought to be strictly a male characteristic
What is Macho?
Pilots may fly up to this many weeks into their pregnancy.
not detecting movement or perceiving movement in a different (mostly opposite) direction to reality.
What is somatogyral?
This is the ratio of cones to rods.
What is 17:1?
The percentage of accidents that occur during the approach, descent, and landing phases of a flight. (within 2%) (if you get it on the dot Louchlan will be happy :) )
What is 61%
The antidote to this attitude is that it can happen to me.
What is invulnerability?
The pilot is found to be the broad cause/factor in ___% of all fatal accidents. (within 2%)
What is 90.6%/91%