The Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA) is the largest professional organization in the fields of

aviation Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ''Aircraft'' includes fixed-wing and rotary-wing types, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, as well as lighter-than-air craft such as hot a ...

space Space is the boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction. In classical physics, physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions, although modern physicists usually cons ...

, and

environmental medicine Environmental medicine is a multidisciplinary field involving medicine, environmental science, chemistry and others, overlapping with environmental pathology. It can be viewed as the medical branch of the broader field of environmental health. Th ...

. The AsMA membership includes aerospace and

hyperbaric Hyperbaric medicine is medical treatment in which an ambient pressure greater than sea level atmospheric pressure is a necessary component. The treatment comprises hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), the medical use of oxygen at an ambient pressure ...

medical specialists, scientists,

flight nurse A flight nurse is a registered nurse who specialises in the field of providing comprehensive pre-hospital, emergency critical care, and hospital care to a vast scope of patients. The care of these patients is generally during aeromedical evacuat ...

physiologists Physiology (; ) is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system. As a sub-discipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ systems, individual organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out the chemical ...

, and

researchers Research is "creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness t ...

from all over the world.

Mission

The Aerospace Medical Association's mission is to raise awareness of health, safety, and performance of individuals working in aerospace-related field through application of scientific method.

History

The AsMA was found under the guidance of Louis H. Bauer, M.D. in 1929. Bauer was the first medical director of the Aeronautics Branch of the Department of Commerce which became the

Federal Aviation Administration The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the largest transportation agency of the U.S. government and regulates all aspects of civil aviation in the country as well as over surrounding international waters. Its powers include air traffic ...

(FAA). The original 29 " aeromedical examiners" started the organization for the "dissemination of information, as it will enhance the accuracy of their specialized art...thereby affording a greater guarantee for the safety of the public and the pilot, alike; and to cooperate... in furthering the progress of aeronautics in the United States." Hubertus Strughold, the "Father of Space Medicine", co-founded of the Space Medicine Branch of the AsMA in 1950.

Membership

The AsMA has more than 2,000 members, approximately 30% of the membership is international from over 70 countries.

Publications

The AsMA produces many publications including: * ''Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance'' - A peer reviewed monthly publication that was first published in 2015 and is indexed in PubMed.
ISSN 2375-6314
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Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine ''Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance'' (''AMHP'') is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of aviation and aerospace medicine. It was founded as the ''Journal of Aviation Medicine'' in 1930 by Louis H. Bauer, M.D., and is publishe ...

'' - A peer reviewed monthly publication that was published from 1975 to 2015 and is indexed in

PubMed PubMed is a free search engine accessing primarily the MEDLINE database of references and abstracts on life sciences and biomedical topics. The United States National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health maintain t ...

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Aerospace medicine Aviation medicine, also called flight medicine or aerospace medicine, is a preventive or occupational medicine in which the patients/subjects are pilots, aircrews, or astronauts. The specialty strives to treat or prevent conditions to which airc ...

- The preceding journal to Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine was published from 1959 to 1974. () * The Journal of Aviation Medicine - The preceding journal to Aerospace medicine was published from 1930 to 1959. () * Medical Guidelines for Airline Passengers * Medical Guidelines for Airline Travel

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