Romanian Aerospace Medicine Curriculum

1. Definition, history, purpose of aerospace medicine
2. Structure and performance of main types of aircrafts
3. Aerian environment
4. Flight environment and its action over human body (hypobaric hypoxia, decompresion sickness, acceleration, thermal stress, noise and vibrations)
5. Sensory physiology (balance and spatial orientation)
6. Aerospace clinical medicine:
– Cardiology
– Respiratory
– Digestive and metabolic diseases
– Infectious and tropical diseases
– Urology and gynecology
– Dental medicine
– Skin diseases
7. Imagistics in aerospace medicine
8. ENT in aerospace medicine
9. Ophtalmology in aerospace medicine
10. Psychiatry in aerospace medicine
11. Neurology in aerospace medicine
12. Aerospace psychology
13. Aerospace psychophysiology
14. Paraclinical investigations in aerospace medicine
15. Aeornautical hygiene
16. Biostatistics and legislation
17. Flight safety. Flight incident investigation
18. SAR and MEDEVAC
19. Space medicine
20. Varia
TOTAL: 200 hours

1. Paper works in aerospace medicine
2. Chamber operations
3. ECG and Holter
4. Ultrasound imaging
5. Functional tests

TOTAL: 100 hours

6. Exploring in ENT
7. Exploring in ophthalmology
8. EEG
9. Prick skin tests
10. Anthropometric index

11. Lab works
12. Imagistics
13. Psychologic tests
14. Spatial disorientation demonstration