PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
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◉ 12 Hour Flight Restrictions (ASIA).
Answer: Alcohol
Simulator Sickness
Immunizations
Anesthesia (local or Regional)
◉ 24 Hour Flight Restrictions (PHDs).
Answer: Plasma Donation
Hypobaric Chamber Flights (>25k ft. P is restricted to 10k)
Decompression >10k ft.
Scuba diving
◉ 48 Hour Flight Restrictions.
Answer: Anesthesia (general, spinal or epidural)
◉ 72 Hour Flight Restrictions.
Answer: Blood Donation 200cc or more
,◉ Define of Stress.
Answer: Is the body's nonspecific response to any demand placed
upon it.
◉ Self-Imposed Stressors (DEATH).
Answer: Drugs
Exhaustion
Alcohol
Tobacco
Hypoglycemia (low Blood Sugar)
◉ 4 Types of Stress.
Answer: Psychosocial- Life events (little control)
Environmental- Weather (little control)
Cognitive- Perception of self/situation
Physiological- Self Imposed (significant control)
◉ Hypoxia Definition.
Answer: State of Oxygen deficiency in the body for any reason.
◉ 4 Types of Hypoxia.
, Answer: Hypoxic- < Pressure Oxygen (high alt. >10k)
Hypemic- < Oxygen-Carrying capacity of the blood (CO2)
Histotoxic- < ability to transfer O2 from blood to tissue
Stagnant- < ability to circulate blood (G force, Heart Fail)
◉ 4 Stages of Hypoxia.
Answer: Indifference: 0' to 10,000'
Compensatory: 10,000' to 15,000'
Disturbance: 15,000' to 20,000'
Critical: Above 20,000'
◉ Prevention of Hypoxia (UPL).
Answer: Use Supplemental O2
Pressurize Cabin
Limit time at Altitude
◉ Treatment of Hypoxia.
Answer: Give 100% O2 if not available Descend below 10k ft.