Air Vice-Marshal Simon Dougherty QHP MSc FFOM DAvMed DObstRCOG FCMI FRAeS RAF Air Vice-Marshal Simon Dougherty QHP MSc FFOM DAvMed DObstRCOG FCMI FRAeS RAF Chief of Staff (Health) Director-General Medical Services(RAF) HQ Air Command, RAF High Wycombe, UK Chief of Staff (Health) Director-General Medical Services(RAF) HQ Air Command, RAF High Wycombe, UK
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Air Vice-Marshal Simon Dougherty
QHP MSc FFOM DAvMed DObstRCOG FCMI FRAeS RAF
Air Vice-Marshal Simon Dougherty
QHP MSc FFOM DAvMed DObstRCOG FCMI FRAeS RAF
Chief of Staff (Health) Director-General Medical Services(RAF)
HQ Air Command, RAF High Wycombe, UK
Chief of Staff (Health) Director-General Medical Services(RAF)
HQ Air Command, RAF High Wycombe, UK
Typhoon Aviation Medicine Meeting RAF CAM 26-27 February 2007
Typhoon Aviation Medicine Meeting RAF CAM 26-27 February 2007
Slide of me in TyphoonSlide of me in Typhoon
Agile AircraftRAF Experience
Agile AircraftRAF Experience
Group Captain David BruceMBE MSc MBBS FIMC RCS(Ed) MFOM MRCGP DAvMed
DMCC MRAeS AKC RAFDeputy Director Aviation Medicine
Group Captain David BruceMBE MSc MBBS FIMC RCS(Ed) MFOM MRCGP DAvMed
DMCC MRAeS AKC RAFDeputy Director Aviation Medicine
• Developing• Operational Conversion Unit – 29(R) Sqn• First operational Sqn - 3(F) Sqn• Operational Evaluation Unit – 17(R) Sqn• Operational Sqn – XI Sqn• Tactics and ab-initio pilots• Southern QRA assumed
• Developing• Operational Conversion Unit – 29(R) Sqn• First operational Sqn - 3(F) Sqn• Operational Evaluation Unit – 17(R) Sqn• Operational Sqn – XI Sqn• Tactics and ab-initio pilots• Southern QRA assumed
Typhoon FleetTyphoon Fleet
New Aircraft – New ChallengesNew Aircraft – New Challenges
• Survey• Physiotherapy study• Arm pain
• Survey• Physiotherapy study• Arm pain
SurveySurvey
• Conducted by SMO RAF Coningsby 2007• All Typhoon pilots• Issues
Neck Injury Working GroupNeck Injury Working Group
• DDAvMed• Command Flight Medical Officer• SMO RAF Coningsby• Aviation Medicine Consultant• Lead Physiotherapist• Typhoon Physiotherapist• Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine• Physical Education staffs
• DDAvMed• Command Flight Medical Officer• SMO RAF Coningsby• Aviation Medicine Consultant• Lead Physiotherapist• Typhoon Physiotherapist• Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine• Physical Education staffs
Arm PainArm Pain
Arm PainArm Pain
• AEA allows aircrew to sustain up to +9GZ• Severe forearm pain
• Studies on forearm pain and blood flow at increased vascular transmural pressure
• Large increase in blood flow• Pain associated with blood flow• Worsened if resistance vessels pre-dilated• Postulated that pain was` due to vascular stretch
• AEA allows aircrew to sustain up to +9GZ• Severe forearm pain
• Studies on forearm pain and blood flow at increased vascular transmural pressure
• Large increase in blood flow• Pain associated with blood flow• Worsened if resistance vessels pre-dilated• Postulated that pain was` due to vascular stretch
Arm PainArm Pain
• Little scope to ameliorate arm pain by modification of in-service AEA