Chapter 17 - Personal Health and Hygiene

Question 1

What are the components of a cigarette and what are their impacts on the body?

Answer 1

Nicotine - Addictive Tar - carcinogenic CO - CO poisoning (increase suscept to hypoxia)

Question 2

What is the most common form of pilot incapacitation?

Answer 2

Food poisoning or drinking contaminated water.

aka gastro-intestitus

Question 3

What is the most dangerous form of gastro-intenstitus?

Answer 3

One with an insidious onset.

Question 4

How can gastointestitus kill you?

Answer 4

dehydration

Question 5

how long should you leave before eating and flying and why?

Answer 5

90 minutes and to ensure you dont get food poisoning at a crucial time.

Question 6

Amoung other more obvious things, what should you avoid abroad and why?

Answer 6

Mayo, eggs could contain desease

Ice cream - diary could have come from infected cow

Question 7

What 2 things can be said about breakfast?

Answer 7

You should never miss it

It should constitude 25% of your daily calorie intake

Question 8

What is hypoglycaemia?

Answer 8

Short term food deprivation causing low blood sugar.

Hangriness

Question 9

How do you calculate BMI?

Answer 9

BMI = Weight in kg / (Height in m)²

Question 10

What are the different BMI weight classifications?

Answer 10

< 19 - underweight

19 - 25 healthy

25 - 30 overweight

> 30 obese

Question 11

What does obesity increase the risk of?

Answer 11

Type 2 diabetes

Coronary heart disease

Question 12

How can you avoid back pain in the cockpit?

Answer 12

Ensure good posture with lumbar support

Excersize regularly

Question 13

What is the elimination rate for alcohol in the liver?

Answer 13

1 unit/hour or 15mg/100mls an hour

Question 14

What is alcoholism defined as?

Answer 14

When excessive use of alcohol repeatedly damages a persons physical, mental or social life.

Question 15

What is the daily and weekly alcohol limit for men and women?

Answer 15

men:

5 units daily

21 units weekly

women:

3 units daily

14 units weekly

Question 16

What level of alcohol in the blood is associated with significant increase in errors by pilots?

Answer 16

40mg/100mls (half the driving limit)

Question 17

What is the maximum level of alcohol in the blood for pilots?

Answer 17

20mg/100mls

Question 18

What is the CAA requirement for the amount of time between drinking and flying?

Answer 18

8 hours

Question 19

What level of caffeine may reduce performance?

Answer 19

200mg

Question 20

What is the recommended daily limit for caffeine?

Answer 20

250-300mg (2-3 cups of coffee)

Question 21

What is type 1 diabetes?

Answer 21

Where the body has an insulin deficiency or the pancrease cant produce insulin.

Question 22

What is type 2 diabetes?

Answer 22

Where the pancrease cant produce enough insulin to maintain enough blood glucose

or

The body in unable to effectively use insulin.

Question 23

Drugs

Answer 23

Drugs

Question 24

How long does a pilot have to wait before they can fly after local anaestetic?

Answer 24

12 hours

Question 25

How long does a pilot have to wait before they can fly after general anaestetic?

Answer 25

48 hours

Question 26

How long does a pilot have to wait before they can fly after analgesics?

Answer 26

As long as it takes for the condition to go away, as it indicated a condition which precludes flying