Current status and prospect of military aviation medicine

Objective To review the research status and development trends worldwide of military aviation medicine,and propose the direction,aims and focus of Chinese military aeromedical development.Methods The professional articles,reviews,investigation reports and treatises of military aviation medicine published last decade were retrieved by information research methods,and the recent progresses and development trends of this discipline were analyzed.Results The military aviation medicine has been rapidly developed recent 5 years with the progresses of aviation industry,and Chinese Air Force has made remarkable achievements on aeromedical service,application and basic researches of military aviation,aviation rescue and prevention,aviation psychology,aviation ergonomics and clinical aviation medicine.Conclusion Besides the traditional fields of aviation medicine such as high altitude hypoxia,acceleration tolerance,flight illusion,etc.,the emphasis of research work should be placed even more on the pilot selection,health care,aeromedical training and aviation ergonomics in the future,and on the establishment of the integrated and systemic aeromedical support measures,so as to provide entirely physiological protection to the pilots working in severe environments,and to optimize the ergonomic design of man-machine interface for improving human capabilities in flight.