U.S. Army performs altitude sickness studies
The U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center in Natick announced plans to help soldiers overcome high-altitude sickness. The U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM) will lead the study.
Due to the soldiers deployment to Afghanistan bringing an almost immediate exposure to high-altitude environments via helicopter, the soldiers bodies have little time to adjust to the thinner atmosphere. The USARIEM is performing studies that will help soldiers overcome altitude sickness when making sudden, extended ascents to heights of 5,000 to 14,000 feet. Soldiers will undergo a variety of tests in the USARIEM's Hypoxia Room and Hybobaric Chamber, a space that replicates a high-altitude environment.
Plans call for the study to document the changes in soldier performance under high altitude and low altitude conditions. The study should be completed before the end of 2006.
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