Hypocapnia: An Important Consideration for Evaluating Inflight Physiologic Events

摘要

1. Multiple possible causes of in-flight UPEs 2. Over-emphasis on hypoxia leads to deficiencies in training & investigations 3. Impossible to isolate cause without aircrew-mounted sensors 4. Aircrew must execute hypoxia and hypocapnia recovery procedures for symptoms 5. Medic/safety/ops must consider hypocapnia as another cause for in-flight physiologic events.