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What happens to the body and mind at the limits of human endurance? How do humans acclimate physiologically to extreme environments, such as Mt. Everest, Antarctica, the Sahara Desert, the ocean depths, and space? This course investigates how geographic exploration has transformed modern medicine and our understanding of how the human body is capable of surviving extreme duress. You will learn core principles of cardiovascular, respiratory, water balance, and stress physiology by studying human performance under adverse conditions. You will learn the physiological basis of conditions like hypothermia, high altitude pulmonary edema, decompression sickness, nitrogen narcosis, and dehydration, as well as how to treat these. This course is designed for students interested in the health sciences. This course fulfills the FYS general education requirement.

Instructor
Alexander Schreiber
Semester:
Spring 2023
Course Code:
FRPG 2141
Subject:
FYP-FYS