Essay help

[NAS]

Hi, I am doing an essay on Altitude and the distance athlete.

I am trying to find information relating to the importance of haemoglobin and its relationship to its oxygen carrying capacity when reponding to altitude training.

I was wondering could anybody point me in the right direction, as all the sites found so far don't really emphasise much upon that.

Thank you

[relliott]

try the library for sports physiology textbooks as they should very likely have some info on altitude training.

[NAS]

I have tried the University library. They all in usage.
Unfortunately, my local library hardly has anything on the matter.

[lindsmcvicar]

Even just normal physiology books may have a little bit on the subject. I'm pretty sure Sherwood, which I used last year, had a article or so on living at altitude anyway.

[jo.kane]

Try sports physiology books. A lot of them deal with altitude training. Berne and Levy are supposed to have a really good sports physiology book. Find a book by John west on respiration. Its really small ( about 100 pages) and costs about £20. I can't remember the name of it. I'll post it on Monday when I go back to Dundee and look. It contains everything you need to know about respiration physiology and has a great section on respiration at altitude.

Basically what you need to know is all the measures the body takes to adapt the O2 curve ( Bhoer effect)

Hope this helps
Joxxoo :dance:

[elliottsimpson]

One of the consultants in Monklands A&E has an interest in this topic - unfortunately his e-mail is down just now but I'll snail-mail your request to him this coming week.

[DScollon]

With his interests, he might off to take you to a high altitude, attach you to a pulse oximeter and bury you in snow to see if you can breathe. At least, I think he's still looking for volunteers, everyone so far has been fairly reluctant.

[NAS]

Cheers Elliot, I would appreciate that.

[Adam]

hmmm. i got back from bolivia 4 weeks ago where i was involved in research into high altitude mountain sickness. it was the worlds largest high altitude research expedition. there may be something on the site that will point you towards some resources or maybe you could email one of the doctors, they may respond although i know theyre pretty busy.

www.apex-altitude.com

[Adam]

With his interests, he might off to take you to a high altitude, attach you to a pulse oximeter and bury you in snow to see if you can breathe. At least, I think he's still looking for volunteers, everyone so far has been fairly reluctant.


could you tell me more about this derek? sounds cool.

[DScollon]

I think the general idea is to see how best to survive being buried by an avalanche. For example, could you extend you life (and therefore chance of successful rescue) by breathing through a CO2 absorber? This is on the basis of excess CO2 being more dangerous than low O2.

The biggest question though is, how many medical students need to be sacrificed to prove the theory? :lol

[elliottsimpson]

The biggest question though is, how many medical students need to be sacrificed to prove the theory? :lol Surely it would be worth it in the interests of the greater good!

[ehart]

send me!

then i wouldn't have to hand in coursework on friday!:lol: