COURSE SYLLABUS

 

This course addresses the fundamental principles of air ambulance transfers and assumes that the delegate has a basic understanding of pathophysiology and patient care. It specifically addresses in-flight care and is directed toward doctors, nurses and paramedics who may participate in transporting a patient by air.

 

AIRCRAFT USED FOR AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION

FLIGHT PHYSIOLOGY

LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE

GAS LAWS 

SAFETY IN AN AEROMEDICAL ENVIRONMENT

CREW FATIGUE

AIRCRAFT VIBRATION

TURBULENCE

ACCELERATION FORCES 

AIR SICKNESS

THE STRESSES OF FLIGHT

 

AEROSPACE MEDICINE

RELEVANT SYSTEMS REVIEW AND AEROMEDICAL CONCERNS

NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY

EYES, EARS, NOSE AND THROAT

RESPIRATORY

CARDIOVASCULAR

GASTRO INTESTINAL 

INFECTIOUS DISEASE

PEDIATRICS

MENTAL HEALTH

 

MISSION MANAGEMENT

PREFLIGHT PHASE

LOADING AND UNLOADING

TERMINATION OF FLIGHT

DOCUMENTATION

CARE OF AEROMEDICAL EQUIPMENT

AIRCRAFT EMERGENCIES

LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION.

ONBOARD FIRE

TURBULENCE AND POOR WEATHER

LANDING EMERGENCIES

CRASH SURVIVAL

LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS

ACCOUNTABILITY AND LIABILITY

CHARTING AND DOCUMENTATION

ENROUTE DEATH

CROSSING NATIONAL BOUNDARIES

FLIGHT CREW CONSIDERATIONS