An empirical study on medical selection of flying cadets with systemic diseases between PLAAF and USAF

ZHAO Guozheng; LIU Shuping; WANG Feng; Ma Zhongli; ZOU Zhikang

Abstract：Objective To determine whether the candidates disqualified for systemic diseases in PLAAF medical selection of flying cadets are qualified or not on the basis of USAF Medical Standards Directory, and to make suggestions for revising PLAAF medical standards flying cadets.Methods Similarities and differences were made on medical selection of flying cadets in systemic diseases between PLAAF and USAF; all candidates who were disqualified for systemic diseases in final selection of medical selection of flying cadets between 2012 and 2015, were determined whether they were qualified or not according to USAF Medical Standards Directory.Results The most obvious characteristics of medical standards for USAF was that they put highlight on the physiology function instead morphology and the medical standards were frequently. Moreover, there was air force waiver guide as a supplement. The morphologic measurements were important for the majority of our medical standards for AF, and implement were easily carried out. The proportion of systemic diseases in PLAAF medical selection of flying cadets was 15, 93.3% of candidates disqualified for systemic diseases were qualified according to USAF Medical Standards Directory.Conclusion There were some differences on medical selection standards of flying cadets between PLAAF and USAF, and we could revise PLAAF standards can be used with USAF standards for reference.