THE OBJECTIVE EVALUATION OF AIRCREW PROTECTIVE BREATHING EQUIPMENT: V. MASK/GOGGLES COMBINATIONS FOR FEMALE CREWMEMBERS

This study was conducted to determine the degree of respiratory and visual protection given to the female crewmember by various crew oxygen mask/goggle combinations. The acceptance criteria for the mask/goggle combinations were for 10 of 12 tests subjects to maintain a contaminant ratio of 0.05 or less in the oxygen mask and/or simultaneously 0.1 or less in the goggle while wearing eyeglasses. Of the 23 mask/goggle combinations tested with female subjects, 8 failed to meet the acceptance criteria for adequate protection. Comparison tests on anthropometric data from male and female subjects suggest that the failures may be due in part to size differences in cranial and facial dimensions.

• Record URL:
  http://www.faa.gov/data_research/research/med_humanfacs/oamtechreports/1980s/media/am83-14.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Aviation Administration

  Office of Aerospace Medicine, 800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591
• Authors:
  • deSteiguer, D
  • Saldivar, J T
  • Higgins, E A
  • Funkhouser, G E
• Publication Date: 1983-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 8 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anthropometry; Breathing apparatus; Contaminants; Females; Flight crews; Goggles; Respiratory system; Vision
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00963323
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FAA-AM-83-14
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 12 2003 12:00AM