title: [Academician O.G. Gazenko and aviation medicine].
abstract: The paper analyzes the contribution of O.G. Gazenko to the theory and practice of aviation medicine in the period of his service at the State Test and Research Institute of Aviation and Space Medicine under the USSR Ministry of Defense (1947-1969). O.G. Gazenko took the leadership and participated in personally in the broad investigations of the altitude effects on human organism, medical care of the staff of AF units and troops based in the Arctic, improvement of life and duty conditions for pilots and technicians in hot climate, ejection seat testing, development of methods modeling erroneous pilot's actions in order to understand their triggers.
authors.forename: I B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Ushakov
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Bednenko
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Khomenko
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Stepanov
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000266:history*; D000337:Aerospace Medicine / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D012426:Russia; D013026:Space Flight / Q000266:history