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Handbook of Offshore Helicopter Transport Safety
Essentials of Underwater Egress and Survival

This book provides a comprehensive look at the issues and concerns facing offshore helicopter transport. The book offers guidance for offshore helicopter operators, survival instructors, and the global offshore workforce, including discussions of safety management systems, safety briefings, survival equipment, underwater egress training, water impact/ditching statistics, and search and rescue.

Michael J. Taber (Author)

9781782421870, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 6 October 2015

238 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.1 cm, 0.39 kg

Handbook of Offshore Helicopter Transport Safety: Essentials of Underwater Egress and Survival provides a  comprehensive look at the issues and concerns facing offshore helicopter transport. The book offers guidance for offshore helicopter operators, survival instructors, and the global offshore workforce, including discussions of safety management systems, safety briefings, survival equipment, underwater egress training, water impact/ditching statistics, and search and rescue.

Each area of interest details pertinent information spanning approximately 30 years of offshore operations. Early sections discuss helicopter transport safety, safety regulations, and standards, while subsequent chapters cover Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET) programs and their development and training, followed by final chapters on the effects of HUET, Emergency Breathing Systems (EBS), and Helicopter Transportation Suit (HTS).

  • Chapter 1 - Introduction to Offshore Helicopter Transport Safety
  • Chapter 2 - Development and Implementation of HUET Programs – Fitzpatrick
  • Chapter 3 - Executive Function in Extreme Situations – Leach
  • Chapter 4 - Physiological response to Cold Water Immersion – Tipton
  • Chapter 5 - Psychological Preparation - Barwood
  • Chapter 6 - Physiological/Psychological Response Associated with HUET – Robinson
  • Chapter 7 - Use and Implications of Fidelity in Training – Taber
  • Chapter 8 - Emergency Breathing Systems - Coleshaw
  • Chapter 9 - Helicopter Transportation Suit (HTS) - Sweeney
  • Chapter 10 –Summary Chapter - Taber

Subject Areas: Mechanical engineering [TGB]
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