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Overview
What you will study
The objectives of the Physiology in Extreme Environments course offered by KTH Royal Institute of Technology are to provide the student knowledge concerning physiological responses and medical constraints during exposure to certain harsh environmental conditions, namely: high gravitoinertial (G) load, weightlessness, increased and reduced ambient pressure and hot and cold environments. The course will also highlight how humans make use of different devices, techniques and/or behavioural strategies to withstand such environments.
Upon completion of the course, the student will know about:
- Physiological responses and medical problems during exposure to cold climates.
- Countermeasures against local cold injuries and hypothermia.
- Physiological responses and medical problems during exposure to hot climates.
- Countermeasures against heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
- Physiological responses and medical problems during exposure to high G loads.
- G-protective behaviour and anti-G garments/measures.
- Physiological responses and medical problems during and following exposure to weightlessness
- Countermeasures against undesirable effects of weightlessness.
- Physiological responses and medical problems during immersion and exposure to high ambient pressures.
- Countermeasures against barotrauma and decompression sickness.
- Physiological responses and medical problems in submarine vehicles.
- Life-support systems in submarines and techniques for free escape from a bottomed submarine.
- Physiological responses and medical problems at high altitudes.
- Countermeasures against acute hypoxia and mountain sickness, and high-altitude acclimatisation.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:- The course will mainly be based on lectures . The lectures will cover physiological responses as well as constraints and countermeasures during exposure to high G loads, weightlessness, increased and reduced ambient pressure and hot and cold climates.
- The course will also include demonstrations of a human-use centrifuge, hypo- and hyperbaric pressure chambers and physiological responses during local cold exposure.
- In addition, the students will be requested to participate in seminars concerning thermal physiology, altitude physiology, diving & hyperbaric physiology and acceleration & gravitational physiology.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 2 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Language
English
TOEFL® IBT 90
Credits
7 ECTS
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Environmental Economics & Policy Physiology View 3 other Short Courses in Physiology in SwedenAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
TOEFL® IBT 90
Student insurance
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Other requirements
General requirements
- 120 credits in engineering, natural science, medicine/health science, sport science.
- At least 6 credits in anatomy/physiology or one of this courses HL1201 - Medicine and Medical Engineering, Basic Course , HL1007 - Medical Engineering Basic Course, HL2017 - Advanced Physiology, Smaller Course, HL2018 - Advanced Physiology, FSK3530 - Introduction to Biomedicine
- English B/6.
Tuition Fee
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FreeTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 0 SEK for the full programme during 2 months.
If you are an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen or hold a residence permit in Sweden for something other than studies you generally do not have to pay tuition fees.
Living costs for Stockholm
9668 - 17248 SEK /month
Living costs
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Funding
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