Citation

Tripp LD, Warm JS, Matthews G, Chiu PY, Bracken RB. Proc. Hum. Factors Ergon. Soc. Annu. Meet. 2007; 51(19): 1296-1300.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/154193120705101903

PMID

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Abstract

Gravity-induced loss of consciousness (GLOC) is the second largest human factors problem facing fighter pilots today. Whinnery, Burton, Boll, and Eddy, (1987) found that the GLOC event consists of a 24-sec period of total incapacitation involving unconsciousness and confusion. A study by Tripp, et al. (2006) found that the GLOC problem was much worse that originally thought with total performance incapacitation lasting for 87 sec. The two studies described herein were designed to decrease the time required to recover from the GLOC event. Toward that end, the first study employed an anti-G suit inflation technique while the second study exposed participants to accessory auditory, visual, and tactile stimulation following GLOC. Both procedures significantly reduced the duration of the GLOC episode but the reductions were not substantial enough to be functionally effective.

Language: en