Aerospace & Environmental Physiology

Altitude decompression sickness resembles what scuba divers go through when they get "the bends."

It can occur in high-altitude pilots (flying the U-2 or SR-71) or in astronauts during extravehicular activities.   Altitude decompression sickness is just one topic of aerospace/environmental physiology covered by this page.

This is the Home Page of James R. Jauchem, Ph.D.

Links to Other Jauchem Pages:

Research on Altitude Decompression Sickness

Ph.D. Training, Baylor College of Medicine

Post-Graduate Training & Other Previous Positions

Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae (if your browser asks for "user name" and "password", simply hit "cancel" and you should still be able to access file)

Personal Information(in other words, "Ya wanna see a picture of my dog?")

Personal SCUBA Diving

Links to More Information on Decompression Sickness:
Article on Neurologic Complications in "American Family Physician" (June 2001)
Navy Experimental Diving Unit (site temporarily disabled)
Navy Consolidated Divers Unit (updated 12 January 2004)
Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society

Other Aerospace or Environmental Physiology Links:
FAA Office of Aerospace Medicine
Defence Research and Development Canada (updated 14 January 2004)
Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory (updated 25 February 2005)
Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (updated 24 March 2005)
U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (updated 24 March 2005)
Aerospace Medical Association (updated 4 August2004)

(Links verified on 3 July 2005)