AQT Aviation Medical & Human Factors Flashcards
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What is the minimum vision requirement (uncorrected or corrected) for distant vision in a military aviation medical exam?
Answer: 20/400 correctable to 20/20
Applicants for military aviation must have distant vision correctable to 20/20 in each eye; uncorrected vision as poor as 20/400 may be acceptable depending on the service branch.
What is hypoxia in the context of aviation?
Answer: Oxygen deficiency in body tissues
Hypoxia is a state of oxygen deficiency in body tissues that impairs brain function and can incapacitate a pilot, particularly at high altitudes.
At approximately what altitude does time of useful consciousness (TUC) become critically short without supplemental oxygen?
Answer: 25,000 feet
At 25,000 feet, time of useful consciousness is only 3–5 minutes, making rapid access to supplemental oxygen essential.
Which spatial disorientation illusion involves a false sensation of wings-level flight when actually banked?
Answer: The leans
The leans occur when a pilot's vestibular system has adapted to a gradual bank and incorrectly senses wings-level flight while the aircraft is actually banked.
What is the IMSAFE checklist used for in aviation?
Answer: Pilot self-assessment of fitness to fly
IMSAFE (Illness, Medication, Stress, Alcohol, Fatigue, Emotion) is a personal checklist pilots use to assess their own fitness to fly on a given day.
What effect does alcohol have on hypoxia susceptibility?
Answer: Alcohol increases susceptibility to hypoxia
Alcohol impairs the body's ability to utilize oxygen and increases susceptibility to hypoxia, even at altitudes where unimpaired pilots are unaffected.