FACTS Training, an AirCare Solutions Group company, recently announced a significant expansion of the Decompression module in the FACTS emergency procedures training programs for corporate crewmembers. Added to all training locations, the Reduced Oxygen Breathing Device (ROBD) provides crewmembers with the opportunity to experience hypoxia in a controlled and monitored environment. Hypoxia awareness can be a life saving experience that 92% of all crews surveyed agreed needs to be included in all emergency training programs.

Rather than physically exposing a subject to lower total pressure in a decompression chamber, crewmembers can experience the effects of hypoxia at FACTS Training programs using a system that changes the composition of the gas mixture inhaled. The FACTS ROBD™ is the only hypoxia awareness tool readily available to corporate pilots and flight attendants without the risks involved in using a decompression chamber. The ROBD, used in combination with the FACTS simulators, enhances the realism of decompression training.

"Having always been the leader in corporate aircrew emergency training, our goal is to always be the frontrunner in providing new and challenging training experiences for corporate pilots and flight attendants", said Doug Mykol, CEO, of the AirCare Solutions Group. He went on to say, "Our trainers, our full-motion simulators, and our leading edge training devices all combine to provide a realism in training unavailable anywhere else. ...All to better prepare for emergencies."

The FACTS ROBD can simulate up to 30,000 foot altitudes in a safe environment to train and familiarize crewmembers with the dangerous and paralyzing effects of hypoxia.  As the Hypoxia Awareness Training is administered, each crewmember is both monitored for heart rate and oxygen saturation levels, and tested for reduced visual capabilities and degraded motor and cognitive functions, any of which could lead to catastrophic consequences in flight.  Experience with the effects of hypoxia and how each individual responds differently, provides the crewmember with a benchmark of their own time of useful consciousness (TUC) available to respond to an emergency, appropriately.

The ROBD is now an integral part of all scheduled FACTS Emergency Procedures Training programs and the ROBD/Hypoxia Awareness Training can also be included in FACTS On-site programs, at the client's facilities, globally.

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