银色的研究:在2020年冠状病毒大流行期间,导弹员减轻疲劳
Sandra Salzman1, Ashley Wiser1, Megan B Morris2
1341st Missile Wing, Malmstrom Air Force Base, MT 50405, USA.
Military medicine
|November 8, 2023
概括
对洲际弹道导弹 (ICBM) 机组人员实施为期7天的预警/7天的恢复/7天的训练计划,显著改善了休息,减少了疲劳,并提高了整体健康和保持能力.
科学领域:
- 军事行动研究 军事行动研究
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 人类因素工程 人类因素工程
背景情况:
- 洲际弹道导弹 (ICBM) 导弹发射员面临着长期的健康和警觉问题,因为需要3天的警觉周期.
- 2020年职业健康评估 (OHA) 显示,导弹人员普遍感到疲劳,COVID-19大流行期间的速度增加加剧了这种情况.
研究的目的:
- 评估旨在减轻机组人员疲劳和支持ICBM作战准备的干预措施.
- 确定最佳的计划和作战策略,以确保导弹人员的福祉和持续的部队准备.
主要方法:
- 对核和导弹作战官员 (导弹人员) 进行持续的定性和定量评估.
- 实施和评估环境修改,调度变化和疲劳管理教育.
- 分析心理运动警觉测试,OHA结果,以及标准和流行病操作期间的疲劳/健康结果.
主要成果:
- 确定了一个最佳的可持续时间表是一个3周的周期:7天的警戒,7天的恢复,7天的培训-行政,利用4或3人的机组人员.
- 确定安全警报的最大持续时间为7天.
- 观察到不包括飞行 (DNIF) 税率和错过警报的大幅下降,以及寻求分离的成员的下降.
结论:
- 7/7/7的警报轮换与受保护的恢复和训练时间增强了机组人员的信任,健康,健康和留守.
- 这一可持续的时间表已被所有空军全球打击导弹作战小组所采用.
- 实施的时间表促进时间表的稳定性,提高士气,单位凝聚力和家庭稳定性.
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