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Old 21st Feb 2016, 07:38
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Chesty Morgan
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Originally Posted by abgd
In other words, they didn't find that smokers were any more or less impaired, but they were less skilled at detecting hypoxia i.e. recognising there was a problem. I have to say I don't find handwriting analysis an immediately convincing method of assessing performance.
Wrong, they have a longer PEPT once hypoxic.

They could be less aware of emerging hypoxia because they are more familiar with the symptoms ie. it has become normalised.
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