Aerospace Medicine Technical Reports
FAA Office of Aerospace Medicine
Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Report No: DOT/FAA/AM-62/21
Title and Subtitle: An improved method for determining the efficiency of crew passenger oxygen masks
Report Date: November 1962
Authors: McFadden EB, Raeke JW, Young JW
Abstract: A method for determining oxygen mask leakage as developed under contract FA-885 between the Federal Aviation Agency and the Pioneer-Central Division of the Bendix Corporation was evaluated. Measurement of nitrogen concentration within an oxygen mask following respiratory nitrogen washout appears to provide a valid index of inboard mask leakage. Further development of this technique and its application to a proposed mask design is described.
Key Words: oxygen equipment, respiration, hypoxia, altitude, decompression, anthropometry
No. of Pages: 19
Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Report No: DOT/FAA/AM-62/21
Title and Subtitle: An improved method for determining the efficiency of crew passenger oxygen masks
Report Date: November 1962
Authors: McFadden EB, Raeke JW, Young JW
Abstract: A method for determining oxygen mask leakage as developed under contract FA-885 between the Federal Aviation Agency and the Pioneer-Central Division of the Bendix Corporation was evaluated. Measurement of nitrogen concentration within an oxygen mask following respiratory nitrogen washout appears to provide a valid index of inboard mask leakage. Further development of this technique and its application to a proposed mask design is described.
Key Words: oxygen equipment, respiration, hypoxia, altitude, decompression, anthropometry
No. of Pages: 19
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