Main description:

A comprehensive look at the issues and concerns facing offshore helicopter transport. This book offers guidance for offshore helicopter operators, survival instructors and the global offshore workforce. Handbook of Offshore Helicopter Transport Safety explores topics including safety management systems, safety briefings, survival equipment, underwater egress training, water impact/ditching statistics, and search and rescue. Each area of interest will detail pertinent information spanning approximately 30 years of offshore operations. The first four chapters look at helicopter transport safety, safety regulations and standards. Subsequent chapters cover Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET) programs, their development and training, followed by three final chapters on the effects of HUET, Emergency Breathing Systems (EBS) and Helicopter Transportation Suit (HTS).
* Presents Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET), requirements for physical fidelity, contextual interference, and retention of skills* Details current understanding of breath-holding and cardiac response in cold environments* Discusses stress, executive functioning and performance in extreme situations* Covers current standards of emergency breathing systems and next to skin clothing following egress from a ditched helicopter in cold water* Includes most up-to-date water impact/ditching statistics with a focus on human tolerances and survivability

Contents:

Offshore helicopter transport safety; Helicopter accident statistics; Relevant safety legislation and current standards; Executive function in extreme situations; Physiological response to cold water immersion; Development and implementation of HUET programs; Use and implications of fidelity in training; Contextual interference in training; Skill acquisition and retention; Physiological/psychological response associated with HUET; Emergency Breathing Systems (EBS); Helicopter Transportation Suit (HTS).