title: Medical certification for pilots of commercial suborbital spaceflights.
abstract: The Aerospace Medical Association convened a Working Group on October 31, 2008, with the objective of preparing a position statement on medical certification for pilots of commercial suborbital flights. The discussion concerned two areas: medical standards and the content of the medical examination. The Working Group found that the current medical standards for the Federal Aviation Administration Class I certificate were reasonable for crews flying suborbital profiles. It further recommended that the medical examination include a history and physical examination as well as urinalysis, hemoglobin/hematocrit, hemoglobin A1c, and ECG.
mesh_terms: D000054:Acceleration; D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor; D002568:Certification / Q000592:standards*; D003132:Commerce; D003221:Confusion; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004780:Environment, Controlled; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D006400:Hematocrit; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D009622:Noise; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000592:standards; D011839:Radiation, Ionizing; D013026:Space Flight; D016482:Urinalysis; D014732:Vibration; D014893:Weightlessness; D014938:Work Capacity Evaluation
chemical_list: D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; D006454:Hemoglobins; C517652:hemoglobin A1c protein, human