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Dr. Murat ÇELİKTEPEFlight Surgeon
Medical Doctor, specialist of Family Medicine
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EFFECTS OF ALTITUDE
1) Climb and desent2) Hypoxia and hyperventilation3) Extreme pressure changes and Cabin decompression
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While traveling by car, bus or plane, have you ever felt something different ?
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Climb Descent
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Climbdescent
increasedecrease
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Gas Laws BOYLE’s Law 34.000
ft.
18.000 ft.
Sea level
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190 mmHg
285 mmHg
380 mmHg
570 mmHg
760 mmHg
34.000 ft.
18.000 ft.
Sea level
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Sea level 760 mmHg
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Sea level 760 mmHg
18.000 ft. 380 mmHg
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BOYLE’s Law
Sea level 760 mmHg
18.000 ft. 380 mmHg
34.000 ft. 190 mmHg
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If the pressure on a gas decrease
It’s volume increase
And vice versa
If the pressure on a gas increase
It’s volume decrease
BOYLE’s Law
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P VP V
190 mmHg
285 mmHg
380 mmHg
570 mmHg
760 mmHg
34.000 ft.
18.000 ft.
Sea level
BOYLE’s Law
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Digestive system Lung
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Middle ear Sinuses
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Sinusitis
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Ear
Where is the eustachian tube ?
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Middle ear
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PreventionDo not fly with any of following
cold influenza hayfever
All upper respiratory tract infections
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