Title: Describe the threat of hyperventilation to pilots.
Course: Aircraft Pilot Training II (20053-II) > Section: Exploring Aeromedical Issues

Description should include the following:

- Hyperventilation is the excessive rate and depth of respiration, leading to abnormal loss of carbon dioxide from the blood.
- This condition occurs more often among pilots than is generally recognized.
- In such cases, increased breathing rate and anxiety further aggravate the problem.
- Hyperventilation can lead to unconsciousness due to the respiratory system’s overriding mechanism to regain control of breathing.

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