Submarine Base Research Articles

U. S. Naval Medical Research Laboratory, U. S. Naval Submarine Base

Foreword In October, 1958, the members of the Advisory Panel on Medical Sciences, Research and Engineering, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, visited the Naval Medical Research Laboratory at the U. S. Naval Submarine Base to hear a report by workers in the Naval Medical Research Laboratory and their problems peculiar to shipboard submarine and diving medicine. Members of the panel were impressed with the methods used to attain these objectives, the facilities available, the accomplishment of these objectives, and the practical application of results of the multitudinous researches being carried out. The problems which the medical specialists there have encountered were of sufficient general interest to all practitioners of medicine to warrant a report on them from Capt. Joseph Vogel, officer in charge of the laboratory. Captain Vogel agreed to write such a report. In addition to hearing reports of the work which is herein presented, members of

Tissue oxygen consumption and sleeping time during prolonged exposure to low concentrations of carbon dioxide.

ArticleTissue Oxygen Consumption and Sleeping Time During Prolonged Exposure to Low Concentrations of Carbon DioxidePhilip J. Killion, and K. E. SchaeferPhilip J. KillionFrom the U. S. Naval Medical Research Laboratory, U. S. Naval Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut, and K. E. SchaeferFrom the U. S. Naval Medical Research Laboratory, U. S. Naval Submarine Base, New London, ConnecticutPublished Online:30 Sep 1955https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1955.183.1.44MoreSectionsPDF (304 KB)Download PDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesGet permissionsTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInWeChat "Tissue Oxygen Consumption and Sleeping Time During Prolonged Exposure to Low Concentrations of Carbon Dioxide." American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content, 183(1), pp. 44–45 Previous Back to Top Next Download PDF FiguresReferencesRelatedInformation More from this issue > Volume 183Issue 1September 1955Pages 44-45 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1955 by American Physiological Societyhttps://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1955.183.1.44PubMed13268633History Received 22 February 1955 Published online 30 September 1955 Published in print 30 September 1955 Metrics

RESIDUAL LUNG VOLUME DETERMINATIONS BY THE METHODS OF HELIUM SUBSTITUTION AND VOLUME EXPANSION

ArticleRESIDUAL LUNG VOLUME DETERMINATIONS BY THE METHODS OF HELIUM SUBSTITUTION AND VOLUME EXPANSIONThomas L. Willmon, and Albert R. BehnkeThomas L. WillmonFrom the Medical Research Laboratory, U. S. Submarine Base and the Naval Medical Research Institute, and Albert R. BehnkeFrom the Medical Research Laboratory, U. S. Submarine Base and the Naval Medical Research InstitutePublished Online:01 Apr 1948https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1948.153.1.138MoreSectionsPDF (620 KB)Download PDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesGet permissionsTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInEmailWeChat Previous Back to Top Next Download PDF FiguresReferencesRelatedInformation More from this issue > Volume 153Issue 1April 1948Pages 138-142 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1948 by American Physiological Societyhttps://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1948.153.1.138PubMed18867046History Received 6 January 1948 Published online 1 April 1948 Published in print 1 April 1948 Metrics

AERO-OTITIS MEDIA AND LOSS OF AUDITORY ACUITY IN SUBMARINE ESCAPE TRAINING

Thirty per cent of the men undergoing submarine escape training at the United States Submarine Base, New London, Conn., have aural difficulty leading to aero-otitis media and resultant loss of auditory acuity. In this training, every candidate for the Submarine School is subjected to 50 pounds (22.5 Kg.) of air pressure in a recompression chamber, a pressure equivalent to 3.4 atmospheres. Successful completion of this training is a prerequisite for entering the Submarine School. Only those men who have passed the physical examination are sent to the escape training tank. Because of the similarity between the problem of submarine and that of flying personnel, my associates and I feel that our findings are of particular interest. This paper presents an analysis of the extent of the damage associated with this training and outlines possible preventive and therapeutic procedures. Some of the earlier findings were presented in a paper by Shilling