301289 (v.3) Environmental Physiology 331

Area:	School of Biomedical Sciences
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	5.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	8472 (v.12) Physiology 231 or any previous version AND 8846 (v.8) Physiology 232 or any previous version
Syllabus:	1.The Physiology of Thermoregulation. Temperature regulation. Concept of the thermoneutal zone. Hypothermia: its physiological stages and effects. Human acclimatisation and adaptation to cold environments. Heat exchange and heat balance in hot environments. Factors affecting heat exchange. Heat stress, heat exhaustion and collapse. Human acclimatisation and adaptation to hot environments. 2. The Hyperbaric Environment. The behaviour and physiological effects of gases with increasing pressure. Haldane's Rule and use of decompression tables. Breath-hold diving. The diving reflex. Compressed air diving. Decompression and no decompression diving. Deep diving. HPNS. Saturation diving. 3.The Hypobaric Environment. Physiological changes associated with high altitude. Hypoxic stress and hyperventilation. Acute and chronic mountain sickness. HAPE and HACE. Work capacity at altitute. Acclimatisation mechanisms at altitute. Adaptation in high altitute populations and physical changes involved in adaptation. 4. Aviation and aerospace physiology. Gravitational and inertial effects on body systems. Anti-G measures. Perceptual and motor distortions and disturbances in the space environment. Counter-measures to prolong space endurance. Long-term effects of microgravity.
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Field of Education:	010913 Human Biology
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Supplemental *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

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Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External