Thu, Aug 25, 2005
FACTS Training, an AirCare Solutions
Group company, recently announced a significant expansion of the
Decompression module in the FACTS emergency procedures training
programs for corporate crewmembers. Added to all training
locations, the Reduced Oxygen Breathing Device (ROBD) provides
crewmembers with the opportunity to experience hypoxia in a
controlled and monitored environment. Hypoxia awareness can be a
life saving experience that 92% of all crews surveyed agreed needs
to be included in all emergency training programs.
Rather than physically exposing a subject to lower total
pressure in a decompression chamber, crewmembers can experience the
effects of hypoxia at FACTS Training programs using a system that
changes the composition of the gas mixture inhaled. The FACTS
ROBD™ is the only hypoxia awareness tool readily available to
corporate pilots and flight attendants without the risks involved
in using a decompression chamber. The ROBD, used in combination
with the FACTS simulators, enhances the realism of decompression
training.
"Having always been the leader in corporate aircrew emergency
training, our goal is to always be the frontrunner in providing new
and challenging training experiences for corporate pilots and
flight attendants", said Doug Mykol, CEO, of the AirCare Solutions
Group. He went on to say, "Our trainers, our full-motion
simulators, and our leading edge training devices all combine to
provide a realism in training unavailable anywhere else. ...All to
better prepare for emergencies."
The FACTS ROBD can simulate up to 30,000 foot altitudes in a
safe environment to train and familiarize crewmembers with the
dangerous and paralyzing effects of hypoxia. As the Hypoxia
Awareness Training is administered, each crewmember is both
monitored for heart rate and oxygen saturation levels, and tested
for reduced visual capabilities and degraded motor and cognitive
functions, any of which could lead to catastrophic consequences in
flight. Experience with the effects of hypoxia and how each
individual responds differently, provides the crewmember with a
benchmark of their own time of useful consciousness (TUC) available
to respond to an emergency, appropriately.
The ROBD is now an integral part of all scheduled FACTS
Emergency Procedures Training programs and the ROBD/Hypoxia
Awareness Training can also be included in FACTS On-site programs,
at the client's facilities, globally.
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