flight surgeons
Pilots' medical specialists
Flight surgeons are physicians who specialize in aviation medicine, providing medical care and certification for pilots and aircrew.
Despite the name, they rarely perform surgery—their work centers on determining fitness to fly, treating conditions that affect performance at altitude, and understanding how flight stresses the human body.
The flight surgeon grounded him for high blood pressure.
- radiation exposureContact with ionizing energy
- medical clearancePermission after health assessment
- decompression sicknessGas bubbles from pressure change
- barotraumaInjury from pressure differential
- hypoxiaInsufficient tissue oxygenation
- military personnelsoldiers, soldier, midshipmen, officers, troops
- military medicinecombat medics, combat medic, field hospitals, combat medicine, field hospital
- aviationaircraft, airports, airplane, airplanes, jets
- RAF airmenfighter pilots, bomber pilots, wing commanders, air marshals, aircrew