| Management of Circadian Desynchrony (Jetlag and Shiftlag) in CF Air Operations |
DEC 2010 |
54 pages |
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Michel A. Paul; Gary W. Gray; Harris R. Lieberman; Ryan J. Love; James C. Miller; Josephine Arendt; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TORONTO (CANADA)
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 | In response to operational difficulties resulting from the effects of fatigue (secondary to jetlag and shiftlag) on performance of Air Force personnel, the Air Force funded a 4-year project to optimize CF ability to manipulate circadian rhythms forwards or backwards to counter jetlag and shiftlag. This report presents the highlights of that work and offers recommendation for exploitation of this new capability to sustain operational readiness. The project consisted of ... |
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| Fighter Pilot Cognitive Effectiveness During Exercise Wolf Safari |
FEB 2007 |
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| Authors:
Michel A. Paul; Gary W. Gray; James C. Miller; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TORONTO (CANADA)
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 | On recommendations from 1 Canadian Air Division surgeon, DRDC Toronto received a tasking from 4 Wing to develop models of cognitive effectiveness of CF-18 pilots during Exercise Wolf Safari (an "around the clock" air-to-ground bombing exercise prior to possible deployment of CF-18 aircraft to support the troops in Afghanistan). During work-ups prior to Wolf Safari as well as during the exercise, six CF-18 pilots wore wrist actigraphs for up to ... |
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| Cognitive Effectiveness of CF18 Instructor Pilots during Routine Training |
FEB 2007 |
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| Authors:
Michel A. Paul; Gary W. Gray; James C. Miller; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TORONTO (CANADA)
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| 410 Squadron (the operational training squadron -OTS- for CF18 pilots) was tasked to evaluate the efficacy of night vision goggles (NVG). Since evaluation of NVGs involves night flying operations along with the inevitable circadian stresses induced by night operations, and since exercise Wolf Safari (an around-the-clock air-to-ground bombing exercise) occurred at 4 Wing (the same base as 410 OTS) there was an opportunity to capitalize on exercise Wolf Safari by ... |
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| Preliminary Assessment of Zopiclone (Imovane(Trademark)) use in Camp Mirage Aircrew |
MAY 2006 |
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| Authors:
Michel A. Paul; Gary W. Gray; James C. Miller; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TORONTO (CANADA)
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| Introduction. Based on previous work done at DRDC Toronto, the Aerospace and Undersea Medical Board drafted aeromedical policy to allow short term (maximum 5 days consecutive) flight surgeon supervised use of certain sleeping medications in aircrew during operations that are known to impact on aircrew sleep. Because of alternating day, off-circadian operations, there was a recent locally initiated change in the use of zopiclone in Camp Mirage aircrew to alternate ... |
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| Gold Standard Tests |
JUN 2001 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Philippe Doireau; Jeb S. Pickard; Berry Lam; Themis Eliopoulos; Gary W. Gray; SERVICE DE MEDICINE AERONAUTIQUE CLAMART (FRANCE)
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| While drug toxicity which targets inteinal, especially excretory, organs is aggressively evaluated in laboratory and clinical trials pilor to marketing, adverse effects on systems of interest to aviation, e.g., the special senses, are only rarely evaluated. It is the intent of this guideline to recommend tests which have been successfully employed in earlier research to detect medication effects. Where that proved impossible, tests were chosen that were known to be ... |
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