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HL3004 Environmental Physiology II, Human Experiments Using Centrifuge and Pressure Chambers 7.5 credits

Omgivningsfysiologi II, humanexperimentell verksamhet i centrifug- och tryckkammaranläggningar

  • Educational level

    Third cycle

  • Academic level (A-D)

    D

  • Subject area

  • Grade scale

At present this course is not scheduled to be offered.

Learning outcomes

The comprehensive aim of the course is to provide the participants with practical knowledge regarding how to perform experiments on humans in environmental physiology with special emphasis on the use of human centrifuges and pressure chambers.

The student shall, after having completed the course, have knowledge and understanding of: 

  • Ethical considerations in connection with human experimentation in extreme environments.
  • Medical requirements/health check-ups necessary for individuals who shall participate as experimental subjects/assistants in experiments in extreme environments in: centrifuges, hyperbaric pressure chambers, altitude chambers, climate chambers, wave pool
  • Technical performance and function of above mentioned experimental facilities.
  • Possible accident situations and evacuation- and/or emergency measures during accidents in the different experimental facilities.
  • Biophysical measuring techniques and practical problems with data collection during experiments in centrifuges, pressure chambers, and immersion facilities.

The students shall show skills and proficiency in:

  • Writing a mock application to research ethics committee regarding experiments in either human centrifuge or pressure chamber.
  • To run an experiment in centrifuge, hyperbaric pressure chamber, and altitude chamber in accordance with valid check lists and current routines
  • To handle mock accidents in human centrifuge, hyperbaric chamber, and altitude chamber
  • To handle the special measuring situations that occurs with human experiments in centrifuges, hyperbaric chambers, and altitude chambers, and during immersions

Course main content

Disposition

Lectures, seminars, practical demonstrations and literature studies, but the emphasis will be on practical exercises and experiments.

Eligibility

Graduate student at medical or technological university who has completed the course "Environmental Physiology I, basic theoretical course".

Literature

Förutom sammanfattning av föreläsningar (”handouts”):
Riktlinjer för etisk värdering av medicinsk humanforskning. F.d. Medicinska forskningsrådets nämnd för forskningsetik. Almqvist § Wixell. 116 sidor. 2003.
Medical Screening of Subjects for Acceleration and Positive Pressure Breathing. Agard Advisory Report 352. 33 sidor. 1997.
Bove A. Fitness to dive. In: Bennet and Elliot’s Physiology and Medicine of Diving. Elsevier, Oxford (eds: A.O. Brubakk & T.S. Neuman. Sid: 700-717.
Checklistor och handhavande-promemorier för centrifug och tryckkammaranläggningar vid avd för Omgivningsfysiologi.
Örnhagen H. Kompendium i hyperbar medicin. Gotab, Stockholm, 1993.
Örnhagen H. Oxygen vid dykeriolycksfall. Gotab, Stockholm, 1996. 
High G Physiological Protection Training Agardograph 322. 1997.
RMS: Dyk (tillämpliga delar), Försvarsmakten, Stockholm, 2010.

Examination

Offered by

STH/Environmental Physiology

Contact

Professor Ola Eiken, Docent Mikael Gennser, Docent Mikael Grönkvist, Docent Arne Tribukait

Examiner

Ola Eiken <ola.eiken@sth.kth.se>

Version

Course plan valid from: Autumn 12.