Ascending to high altitudes can cause severe threats for the human body. Hypoxia, the lack of oxygen due to a low atmospheric pressure is a major danger in great heights.Millions of people live or travel in elevated areas, means that mountain sickness due to hypoxia is a public health problem. The worst forms of mountain illness, known as high-altitude pulmonary edema and high-altitude cerebral edema, are potentially fatal. Due to a lack infrastructure and especially bad accessibility it is very challenging to support people with first aid or transport. The aim of this master thesis in Advanced Product Design was to explore the field of hypoxia in extreme altitudes in order to create a product solution that can contribute to overcome this threat and protect people from it
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:umu-162575 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Creators | Krassnitzer, Patrick |
| Publisher | Umeå universitet, Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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