[29] Table 3-VII.- Summary of Heart Rate and Respiration Data From Physiological Monitoring.

Date

Procedure

Duration of observation, hr:mn

Number of determinations (Heart rate, beats/min)

Standard deviations 2 (sigma) (Heart rate, beats/min)

Range (Heart rate, beats/min)

Mean (Heart rate, beats/min)

Number of determinations (Respiration rate, breaths/min)

Standard deviations, 2 (sigma) (Respiration rate, breaths/min)

Range (Respiration rate, breaths/min)

Mean (Respiration rate, breaths/min)

Preflight

March 1959

Lovelace Clinic dynamic tests

Variable

39

(a)

68 to 160

96

None recorded

Septmenber 22,1961

Mercury-Atlas Centrifuge dynamic simulation

1:07.5

75

50 to 78

48 to 78

64

25

9 to 15

7 to 18

12

May 4, 1962

MA-7 launch-pad simulated flight

1:09

24

53 to 91

58 to 88

72

19

10 to 22

10 to 24

16

April 17 and August 14, 1962

Hangar simulated flights

9:47

87

52 to 78

51 to 76

65

19

14 to 26

14 to 24

20

September 10, 1962

Launch pad simulated flight 1A.

3:09

69

45 to 65

43 to 72

55

68

14 to 26

10 to 28

20

September 14, 1962

Launch pad simulated flight 2A.

2:35

68

54 to 82

52 to 86

68

68

14 to 30

12 to 28

22

September 28, 1962

Launch pad simulated launch.

3:07

72

49 to 73

46 to 74

61

71

12 to 28

9 to 26

20

October 3, 1962

Launch countdown

2:33

61

64 to 80

58 to 88

72

61

17 to 23

16 to 26

20

Inflight

October 3, 1962

Inflight

9:13

220

50 to 102

56 to 121

76

220

11 to 27

10 to 43

19

Postflight, clinical

October 3 and 4, 1962

Debriefing onboard recovery ship

Variable

22

52 to 112

56 to 104

82

None recorded

a These data are included for completeness, but the conditions were very different from the other procedures.

 

[29] Table 3-VIII.- Summary of Blood-Pressure Data

Date

Procedure

Mean blood pressure, mm Hg

Number of dterminations (Systole)

Standard deviations 2 (sigma) (Systole)

Range, mm Hg (Systole)

Mean, mm Hg (Systole)

Number of determinations (Diastole)

Standard deviations, 2 (sigma) (Diastole)

Range, mm Hg (Diastole)

Mean, mm Hg (Diastole)

Mean pulse pressure, mm Hg

Preflight, clinical

March 1959

Lovelace Clinic dynamic tests

119/67

39

(a)

90 to 164

119

39

(a)

52 to 84

67

85

July 25,1962

Special BPMS test

104/75

27

92 to 116

94 to 116

104

27

62 to 88

64 to 94

75

29

1960 to October 3, 1962

Random clinical derterminations

115/76

13

103 to 127

100 to 122

115

13

62 to 90

64 to 84

76

39

Preflight, BPMS

September 22, 1961

Mercury-Atlas dynamic simulation on centrifuge

133/96

11

111 to 115

115 to 150

133

11

68 to 124

76 to 120

96

37

July 25, 1962

Special BPMS test

108/67

28

(a)

94 to 126

108

28

(a)

54 to 100

67

41

May to October, 1962

Hangar and launch complex tests

107/70

31

92 to 122

94 to 123

107

29

58 to 82

58 to 80

70

37

October 3, 1962

Prelaunch (hangar, transfer van, and blockhouse)

117/80

14

103 to 121

110 to 143

117

14

66 to 94

71 to 94

80

37

Inflight, BPMS

October 3, 1962

Inflight

126/69

20

116 to 136

111 to 158

126

16

64 to 74

59 to 75

69

57

Postflight, clinical

October 3 and 4, 1962

Debriefing onboard carrier

112/78

12

92 to 132

94 to 120

112

12

70 to 86

70 to 84

78

37

a These data are included for completeness but the conditions were very different from the other procedures.


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