Timeline for Would failure to put on an oxygen mask during loss of cabin pressure result in death?
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| Jun 17, 2020 at 8:28 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Sep 1, 2016 at 0:59 | comment | added | n00dles | Very interesting. I love the term "Useful Consciousness"... I've been on the phone to some people today who would fail to qualify. | |
| Oct 5, 2014 at 8:55 | comment | added | shortstheory | @JayCarr it's totally due to their intense acclimatisation program they are able to survive at altitude. I recommend reading Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, detailing more about climbing Mt Everest with everything screwing up in the end. | |
| Mar 5, 2014 at 17:50 | comment | added | egid | When I did altitude chamber training, we simulated a rapid decompression by sitting in the vestibule, decompressing the main chamber, and popping the door to bring the vestibule down to what I think was a 25,000 foot cabin altitude. While there is some shock, it's not enough to incapacitate you, and it's certainly obvious what just happened - the whole area fogged rapidly. Quick-don masks make it pretty easy to get back on oxygen. | |
| S Mar 5, 2014 at 15:39 | history | suggested | Adam Davis | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 4, 2014 at 20:04 | comment | added | Steve V. | @yankeekilo - Don't be ridiculous. The story of how I doodled that gravatar starts out "There I was, inverted on the ILS, chief pilot in the jumpseat, doing formation flight with the space shuttle..." | |
| Mar 4, 2014 at 18:53 | comment | added | yankeekilo | BTW did you doodle your gravatar during the final phase of that test? | |
| Mar 4, 2014 at 18:34 | comment | added | Jae Carr | @voretaq7 - Excellent points, both of them. It would make sense that a rapid decompress would shock your body quite a bit more than gradually building to it. | |
| Mar 4, 2014 at 17:55 | comment | added | mah | @SteveV. that explanation makes me glad you were "forced" to use bold :) I agree though - nice write-up! | |
| Mar 4, 2014 at 17:26 | comment | added | Steve V. |
@yankeekilo - I wouldn't have had to use so much bold if StackExchange hadn't disabled the <blink> tag.
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| Mar 4, 2014 at 17:20 | vote | accept | Jeff B | ||
| Mar 4, 2014 at 16:42 | comment | added | voretaq7 | @JayCarr they're also climbing Mt. Everest - we can assume (a) they're in superlative physical condition - though I'd agree with the other climbers about questionable mental status, and (b) they're taking quite a while to make the ascent, allowing their bodies to adjust to the pressure change. The relatively quick transitions in a high-altitude chamber (or the nearly instant transition in an explosive decompression) don't offer the same opportunity for your body to adjust. | |
| Mar 4, 2014 at 15:47 | comment | added | Jae Carr | Anecdotal, there are people who climb Mt. Everest without oxygen (29,0029ft or so), which would be somewhere into the hours of conciousness. That being said, they usually talk about feeling high the whole time and, frankly, most mountaineers thinks those people are crazy, so... Take it as you will. | |
| Mar 4, 2014 at 14:52 | comment | added | Lnafziger | 30,000 ft. isn't very high compared to typical airliner cruise altitude days. | |
| Mar 4, 2014 at 12:27 | comment | added | yankeekilo | Very entertaining and educational (a bit heavy on bold text, though) :D ... are there any advised breathing techniques that will prolong the process? | |
| Mar 4, 2014 at 8:02 | history | answered | Steve V. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |