RESPIRATORY AND MICROCLIMATE TEMPERATURES WITHIN THE PARKA HOOD IN EXTREME COLD

• Main Author: Veghte, James H.
• Other Authors: AIR FORCE AEROSPACE MEDICAL RESEARCH LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1964
• Subjects: Protective Equipment; Anatomy and Physiology; *RESPIRATION; *PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; *FROSTBITE; POLAR REGIONS; TEMPERATURE; AIR; THERMOCOUPLES; ARCTIC REGIONS; FACE(ANATOMY); NOSE(ANATOMY); EXERCISE(PHYSIOLOGY); COLD WEATHER TESTS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE ELEMENTS; HEAD(ANATOMY); AIR FORCE PERSONNEL; RELAXATION; EXPOSURE(PHYSIOLOGY); MICROCLIMATE TEMPERATURES; Arctic; Parka
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0608139; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0608139

The standard Air Force arctic clothing was worn to determine if it provided adequate head protection in extremely cold temperatures. Subjects were exposed to -62C for 40 to 50 minutes in an environmental chamber. Possible respiratory problems and frostbite of the cheeks and nose were the primary con...