Word: oxygenate
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...modem aircraft climb toward the stratosphere, oxygen masks and pressurized cabins become a necessity. The trouble is that now & then something goes wrong with the man-made atmosphere. And one of the first symptoms of hypoxia (insufficient oxygen)* is a giddy self-assurance, a fine feeling that all's right with the world. Many unexplained crack-ups may have been caused by pilots in euphoria, blissfully unaware that their skill and judgment were failing with their failing oxygen...
This week, at the Air Force's School of Aviation Medicine, scientists were busy perfecting an accurate little gadget that will warn the high-altitude flyer when the oxygen in his bloodstream is dropping toward the danger point. Clamped on the translucent cartilage of a pilot's ear, a tiny light bulb emitting red and infra-red rays will shine through the ear lobe to illuminate a small photoelectric cell. As the oxygen saturation of the pilot's blood drops below its normal 98%, it will turn a darker, heavier red. Less light will filter through...
...doctors did not think she could live long. But each day Mrs. Butler surprised them. She .gained strength, she did not get pneumonia as expected, and her temperature fell from 103 to 100. Still, the doctors felt sure that her brain must have been damaged by long hours of oxygen starvation. Mrs. Butler surprised them all again. When she regained consciousness she seemed fully coherent. By week's end she was taking solid food and was about ready...
...Francisco health director's office promptly issued new rules: after this, an electrocardiogram and a test for oxygen in the blood should be made in cases like Mrs. Butler...
...hard to find in the aeropause. To compress the thin outside air to breathable density and dissipate the heat of compression would take heavy machinery, and the air so gathered might not be fit to breathe. At 100,000 ft. it contains enough ozone, formed out of oxygen by the sun's ultraviolet light, to poison crewmen. Probably the air they breathe will have to be "bottled...