Other Human Cold Working Conditions Projects: 3a | 3b | 3c

3c: Work and Performance in Cold Deep-Sea Conditions

Project Leader: M. D. White
Principal Investigators: M. D. White; S. S. Cheung
Co-Investigators: K. M. Ledez, J. B. Morrison

Project Objectives:
• To help establish the mechanisms accounting for the decrements in human work performance and recovery during high pressure and cold exposures in deep-sea work
• To make recommendations for Canadian and international safety standards for deep-sea diving.
• To establish human breath holding times with face immersion in various water temperatures to assist in developing emergency breathing systems for underwater helicopter egress
• To establish in the cold, high pressure under sea if cognitive and psychomotor performance decrements during inert gas narcosis differ across gender and as such if gender needs to be considered in this workplace

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