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| Air ambulance &
rescue crew |
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| The AMS Flight and Medical Crew work together
as an integrated, multidisciplinary unit, providing emergency
medical care and air transport to severely injured and ill
patients. |
The Flight Crew includes: Pilots
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Ensures the aircraft is always ready for immediate
response. |
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Flies the aircraft and maintaining ATC (Air Traffic
Control) communication. |
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Plans the mission to ensure success and safety of
operation, especially IFR (Instrument Flight Rated) and
off-shore operations. |
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Constant assessment of weather and flight conditions
to determine the best option to achieve mission. |
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Overall responsibility for safety of operations during
a mission. |
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Maintains all flight documentation. |
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Medical Crew Primary crew member
(Team leader with Advanced Life Support and Flight
Medical Attendant training)
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Assumes responsibility for the aviation/medical interface
on the mission. |
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Ensures that all equipment for that specific patient
is packed and checked for optimal functioning. |
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Ensures that the aircraft medical systems (oxygen,
suction, electrical supply, etc) are checked for optimal
functioning. |
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Ensures that the flight co-ordinator is kept up-to-date
throughout the mission via support services, eg. METRO. |
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Ensures that all equipment for that specific patient
is packed and checked for optimal functioning. |
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Ensures correct documenting of scheduled drugs and
submission of adequate patient documentation (even if
patient is only assessed and not transported). |
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Assists the service co-ordinator after the flight with
restocking and cleaning of the aircraft so that it is
serviceable for the next response. |
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Secondary crew member
(Paramedic, Doctor, Nurse, Emergency Care Practitioner,
Basic and Intermediate)
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Medical flight crews must have acceptable qualifications,
experience, current orientation and safety briefing. |
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All medical flight crew must have good understanding
of the meaning of the Red Cross emblem and its uses. |
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To assist a referring facility such as a small rural
hospital with limited resources with triage, resuscitation
and specialist medical assistance when required, for
eg. triage or resuscitation of mass casualties. |
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The safe and professional retrieval, assessment, flight
preparation, |
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transportation and delivery of patients
requiring medical transportation to specialised or other
medical facilities. |
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To assist with the safe transportation of any additional
passengers. |
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To assist with in-flight emergencies and management. |
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