Explosive Decompression with Resultant Air Gas Embolism in a Fourth Generation Fighter at Ground Level

BACKGROUND: Arterial gas embolism (AGE) is a rare condition in the flying community most often only ever seen in flight while operating at high altitude or incidents involving hypobaric chambers. This article describes a severe case of AGE that occurred in a pilot of a fourth generation fighter airc...

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Veröffentlicht in:Aerospace medicine and human performance 2016-11, Vol.87 (11), p.963-967
Hauptverfasser: Zhang, Joe X., Berry, Jacob R., Beckstrand, Devin P.
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