Main description:

This book brings together in-depth information on a wide array of bio-engineering topics and their application to enhance human health, performance, comfort, and survival in extreme environments. Contributions from biomedical engineering, information systems, medicine and physiology, and medical engineering are presented in relation to a broad range of harsh and extreme environmental scenarios, including underwater, terrestrial (both natural and man-made), and space travel. Physicians, engineers, and scientists, as well as researchers and graduate students, will find the book to be an invaluable resource.

Details effects of extreme environments on human physiology;
Presents human-environment interaction in different scenarios;
Overview of engineering challenges and problems in extreme environments.

Contents:

Foreword.- Introduction.- Extreme Environments.- Medicine and Physiology for Extreme Environments.- Biomedical Engineering.- Technological Applications in Underwater Environment.- Technological Applications in Terrestrial Environments.- Medical Engineering for Deep Mining.- Medical Engineering for High Altitude.- Technological Applications in Man-Made Terrestrial Environment.- Medical Engineering for Firefighters and Emergency Services.- Medical Engineering for Tactical Operators and Special Forces.- Endurance Monitoring - Sleep, Fatigue, Jetlag.- Technical Applications in Space Environment.- General Assessment - Extreme Environments.- Training for Extreme Environments.