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Handbook of Offshore Helicopter Transport Safety: Essentials of Underwater Egress and Survival provides a comprehensive look at the issues and concerns facing offshore helicopter transport. The book offers guidance for offshore helicopter operators, survival instructors, and the global offshore work...
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Woodhead Publishing is an imprint of Elsevier,
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| Publisher Address: | Amsterdam : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2016] ©2016 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Woodhead Publishing in mechanical engineering
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781782421870 |
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Handbook of Offshore Helicopter Transport Safety: Essentials of Underwater Egress and Survival provides a comprehensive look at the issues and concerns facing offshore helicopter transport. The book offers guidance for offshore helicopter operators, survival instructors, and the global offshore workforce, including discussions of safety management systems, safety briefings, survival equipment, underwater egress training, water impact/ditching statistics, and search and rescue. Each area of interest details pertinent information spanning approximately 30 years of offshore operations. Early se |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781782421887 1782421882 |
| Index Number: | TL716 |
| CLC: | V275 |
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Front Cover; Handbook of Offshore Helicopter Transport Safety: Essentials of Underwater Egress and Survival; Copyright; CONTENTS; ABOUT THE EDITOR; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; PREFACE; 1 -- Introduction to Factors Influencing Offshore Helicopter Transport Safety; 1.1 WHY A BOOK ON OFFSHORE HELICOPTER SAFETY?; 1.1.1 Human Systems Integration; 1.1.2 Helicopter Accident Statistics; 1.1.3 Relevant Safety Legislation and Current Standards; 1.1.4 Safety Culture versus Safety Climate; 1.1.5 Overview of Focused Chapters; REFERENCES 2 -- Development and Implementation of Helicopter Underwater Egress Training Programs2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.1.1 History of Ditching Training; 2.1.2 Development and Implementation of HUET; 2.1.3 Types of Programs; 2.1.3.1 Military Programs; 2.1.3.2 Paramilitary/Civilian Programs; 2.1.3.3 Offshore Specific Programs; Canadian HUET; Norwegian HUET; OPITO HUET; 2.1.3.4 HUET Program Summary; 2.1.4 Vital Information; 2.1.5 Optimal HUET Program Development; 2.1.5.1 Preimpact Phase; 2.1.5.2 Impact Phase; 2.1.5.3 Postimpact Phase; 2.1.5.4 Survival/Rescue Phase; 2.1.6 Practical HUET Safety Protocols 2.1.6.1 Operational HUET ProcessNonemergency HUET Response; Emergency HUET Response; Performance Evaluation; Characteristics of an Effective HUET Program; REFERENCES; 3 -- Psychological Factors in Underwater Egress and Survival; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 THE BRAIN AS AN INFORMATION-PROCESSING SYSTEM; 3.2.1 Working Memory; 3.2.2 Executive Attention; 3.2.3 The Supervisory System; 3.3 NATURAL HISTORY OF AN EMERGENCY; 3.3.1 The Preimpact Phase; 3.3.2 The Impact Phase; 3.3.3 The Recoil Phase; 3.4 COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION IN EMERGENCIES; 3.5 SURVIVOR BEHAVIORS: DYSEXECUTIVE SURVIVOR SYNDROME 3.5.1 Loss of Initiative3.5.2 Stereotypy; 3.5.3 Perseveration; 3.5.4 Action Disorders; 3.5.4.1 Hypoactivity; 3.5.4.2 Hyperactivity; 3.5.4.3 Cognitive Paralysis; 3.6 THE DITCHING: IMPACT PHASE; 3.7 POSTDITCHING: RECOIL PHASE; 3.8 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 4 -- The Physiological Responses to Cold-Water Immersion and Submersion: From Research to Protection; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 BACKGROUND; 4.3 CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; 5 -- Psychophysiological Responses to Immersion: Preparation and Habituation; 5.1 BACKGROUND; 5.2 INTRODUCTION 5.3 PREPARATION FOR COLD-WATER IMMERSION: PSYCHOLOGICAL INFLUENCES ON THE PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES5.4 VARIATION IN THE RESPONSE TO PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTION; 5.5 PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPONENTS TO BREATH-HOLDING IN AIR AND WATER; 5.6 ANXIETY AND THE COLD SHOCK RESPONSE; 5.7 PREPARATORY PSYCHOLOGICAL STRATEGIES AND COLD-WATER IMMERSION; 5.7.1 Goal-Setting; 5.7.2 Arousal Regulation; 5.7.3 Mental Imagery; 5.7.4 Positive Self-Talk; 5.8 EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FOR THE EFFICACY OF PST DURING COLD-WATER IMMERSION; 5.9 OTHER MEANS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL PREPARATION |