flight surgeon
Pilot's medical officer
A flight surgeon is a military physician specializing in aviation medicine—the health of pilots, aircrew, and astronauts.
Despite the title, flight surgeons are not necessarily surgeons; they're doctors trained to evaluate fitness for flight duty, treat conditions specific to aviation environments, and understand how altitude, G-forces, and other flight stresses affect the human body.
The flight surgeon grounded him for high blood pressure.
- altitude sicknessHypoxia from high elevation
- medical clearancePermission after health assessment
- fighter pilotAirborne military combatant
- Top GunPremier combat aviator
- preventive medicineHealthcare before illness strikes
hypoxia · otolaryngology · internal medicine · occupational health · decompression sickness · emergency medicine · spatial disorientation · aerospace engineer · cardiology · psychiatry · NASA · space mission · mission control · neurology · ground control · combat stress · combat medic · military medicine
- spaceflightlaunch, astronaut, spacecraft, liftoff, orbit
- aviation jobspilot, airline pilot, copilot, co-pilot, captain
- military personnelsoldiers, soldier, midshipmen, officers, troops
- military rolessoldier, warrior, Praetorian Guard, sailor, Imperial Guard
- Air Force Rolesairman, colonel, general, major, lieutenant
- air rescuemedevac, air ambulance, helicopter rescue, airlift, medevac helicopter
flight surgeonpilot
One who steers aircraft
aircrew · aviator · passenger · astronaut · flight crew
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