FACTS Training Takes Hypoxia Awareness Simulation And Training
To Client's Facility
FACTS Training has
informed ANN that the Hypoxia Awareness/Decompression module in
their FACTS emergency procedures training curriculum is available,
as a stand alone safety program, at the client's facility. The
FACTS ROBD (Reduced Oxygen Breathing Device) 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, risking injury, crewmembers
can experience the effects of hypoxia using a proven system that
changes the composition of the gas mixture inhaled. The FACTS ROBD
is the only hypoxia awareness tool readily available to corporate
pilots, flight attendants, and even frequent flyers, without the
risks involved in using a decompression chamber.
"Our success is
attributed to always being 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, "Making the full Hypoxia Awareness Training
program and the FACTS ROBD available at the client's facility is
not only convenient and cost effective, it virtually assures that
all crewmembers have the opportunity to experience their own
symptoms of hypoxia ...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. While
experiencing the ROBD, each crewmember is 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.
This program can be offered at the client's facility, twice
daily, to accommodate busy flight department schedules.
Each crewmember receives a workbook, testing, and a High
Altitude Hypoxia Awareness Training certificate upon successfully
completing the program.