Saturday, October 28, 2023 – 4:04 PM
ABU DHABI, 28 October / WAM / The 69th International Congress on Aerospace Medicine began its second day with a key session moderated by Dr. Declan Maher, Secretary General of the European Society of Aerospace Medicine, and Dr. Bonita Masrani, aerospace medicine specialist at the FEM Medical Center in Bombay, India. The discussion focused on medicine. Aviation, mental health, cognitive fitness, and neurocognitive performance among commercial airline pilots, the relationship between sources of occupational stress and adaptation to it, the possibility of neutralizing the impact of chronic stress for pilots on civil aviation safety, and a collaborative approach in the field of mental health.
The second session of the second day of the Aerospace Medicine Conference dealt with the specializations of the aerospace medicine doctor and was moderated by Dr. Henry Loba, Head of Aerospace Medicine at the British company Quinitec, and Dr. Chris Belland, a certified specialist in the field of aviation and family medicine at the Aerospace Medical Association and a specialist in strategic aerospace medical consultation in the United States. United States of America. The session was attended by specialist Iman Al Tunaiji from the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center in the UAE. She focused on the long-term mission of astronauts and benefiting from this mission in gaining experience. The possibility of sending an internal medicine doctor to space to reside on the International Space Station and international support for teaching space medicine and the needs were discussed during the session. The near-term future of space medicine education.
As for the third session of the activities of the second day of the conference, it was moderated by Professor Eric Hohmann, Chairman of the Conference Organizing Committee, Consultant Sports Medicine Accident Surgeon and Orthopedic Surgery Specialist in Aviation Medicine at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, during which high-altitude training in modern air forces was discussed, in addition to common musculoskeletal injuries. Ground staff working in airlines.
The fourth session of the activities of the second day of the 69th International Congress of Aviation and Space Medicine, which is currently being hosted by Abu Dhabi, was moderated by Dr. Bonita Masrani, aeronautical medicine specialist at the FIM Medical Center in Mumbai, India, and Dr. Desmond Michael Connolly, the chief medical officer in the aerospace department at the British company Quinifec, and it addressed human performance in Aviation medicine and applications of artificial intelligence to combat hypoxia and fatigue in the cockpit and differential cognitive and physiological responses to normoxia.
The conference began in Abu Dhabi on Friday, with the attendance of 600 participants and 180 speakers from the UAE and about 50 countries from all over the world. The conference provides an important opportunity for specialists in aviation and space medicine to meet inspiring speakers and participate in interactive sessions to benefit from experiences, exchange information and success stories, in addition to gaining Deeper understanding of the many diverse aspects of the practice of aerospace medicine, learning from thought leaders, experts, high-level professionals, and industry speakers, connecting with clinicians, scientists, and decision-makers to advance the field of aerospace medicine, and learning about the approaches, initiatives, challenges, new technologies, and innovative solutions that will be showcased during the conference. An important scientific program was prepared for the conference participants, and 17.5 continuing education for the conference participants was accredited by the European Accreditation Council.
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Zakaria Mohieddin / Hoda Al-Kubaisi
2023-10-28 12:06:36
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