First Responder Training for Military Aviation Personnel In commercial aviation, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations require all U.S. airlines over 7,500 pounds to carry an automated external defibrillator (AED) and an enhanced emergency medical kit. Flight attendants are required (every 2 years) to be certified in CPR and use of an AED. As well, pilots are required to train in the use of an AED (Chandra & Conry, 2010). Additionally, the FAA requires Crew Resource Management (CRM) training, Line Oriented Flight Training (LOFT), and survival equipment training for flight crewmembers and others essential to flight safety. LOFT training may well include medical emergency procedures for first responders; however, for this research paper the researcher has not been able to find any FAA or military regulations that mandate military aviators or ground personnel are certified or be qualified in Basic Life Support (BLS), specifically First Responder (FR) training. Problem Statement During a medical “emergency” situation inflight or on the ground can be a traumatic experience for aviators or ground personnel. A natural response can be one of shock and without proper lifesaving training; can lead to improper actions being taken and/or possible loss of life. Unfortunately, without proper medical training, an untrained rescuer can compound the tragedy by becoming a victim themselves. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health data reveals that more untrained rescuers are killed trying to save others; rescuers account for the majority of accident fatalities. (Hall, 2013). The American Heart Association (AHA) and American Red Cross (ARC) offer BLS/FR training. It is essential that aviation personnel are proficient o... ... middle of paper ... ...(2013). Don’t be a dead hero. In some disasters, more rescuers die than original victims. Retrieved from http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/05/rescuers_turning_into_victims_lessons_from_first_responders_on_saving_people.2.html Ornstein, A. C., & Hunkins, F. P. (2012). Curriculum: Foundations, principles, and issues (6th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson/Allyn & Bacon. U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. (n.d.). First Responder: National Standard Curriculum. Retrieved from http://www.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/ems/pub/frnsc.pdf YouTube. (2010). Professional CPR & AED training manikins: Meet new CPR Guidelines for 2010. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNrWHCQ0pzw YouTube. (2012). When seconds count-emergency first aid training. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwV39oxGwZU
In the article, “Undulation Training for Development of Hierarchical Fitness and Improved Firefighter Job Performance,” a research was conducted when a critical problem emerged from the extraordinary job risks of firefighting. In this article, it was recognized that firefighting was a high risk occupation in which many activities were life threatening. Yearly incidences brought on from these life-threatening activities and conditions included cardiovascular disease from the inhalation of smoke as well as musculoskeletal injuries from the physical demands of the job. The problem was lying in the fact most fire departments were failing to adequately prepare the firefighters in terms of health and physical fitness to take on the physiologically challenging demands of the job. Now, there are contemporary training methods to boost physical fitness and cardiovascular health in order to make the firefighters “emergency prepared.” However, despite the emphasis on physiological training, previous research had shown that the traditional physical training programs were inadequate to prepare firefighters because it featured systematic physical exercises during specific mesocycles and little variety. In this research, standard resistance training, or standard training control, was compared to and put to the test against undulation training, a method to draw out a specific systematic arrangement of different physiological factors and components in order to accommodate the need for simultaneous development of physical fitness and performance needs. The purpose was to determine the influence of both types of training on muscle adaptation as well as assess how well the trainings transferred over to situations and testing areas that really utilized...
While walking to school one day Florida sophomore Jalen Lee came upon a woman who wasn’t breathing. Thanks to training Lee received during his high school’s first aid class he knew just what to do. Lee administered CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and possibly saved the woman’s life. CPR training in high schools has helped countless students around the country save the lives of friends, loved ones, and strangers. Providing CPR training to all students will save even more lives.
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Fatigue is a growing concern and issue in the aviation industry. Although it has been for some time, recently mounting workloads and stress have factored into creating an escalating problem with real casualties and repercussions. “Pilot fatigue, heavy workloads… may have contributed to an air ambulance crashing into the sea at night during a medical mission…” (Crash Blamed 2006 p.31). Fatigue is an “insidious” condition that affects a pilot in a way that might make him feel justified in his decisions. (Wald 2008 C3). Without realizing the effects of sleepiness and stress, pilots often times make the wrong decision, believing it to be the right one, and suffering severe consequences, such as: passenger injures, crew injuries or even death, which occurs more often than not.
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To achieve a degree in Athletic Training, there are many tasks and skills to be learned. The Education Council under the National Athletic Training Association put together an education program filled with a set of guidelines of what has to be taught to graduate with a degree in Athletic Training. Before you can learn and understand Athletic Training, you must know the Anatomy and Physiology of the human body. This includes bones, muscles, levels of organization, tissue levels, systems of the body, skeletal structure, articulations, integrative functions, sensory function, blood, and embryology (Martini, 2001). Besides Anatomy and Physiology, the methods of taping is also extremely critical to this career. Before you can understand what each taping techniques are used for, you must also know about sports injuries. Athletic Training is all about the prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and evaluation of athletic injuries. Another skill that must be learned in the Athletic Training Education Program is how to provide immediate emergency care. That includes everything from background information to actually being able to save an athlete’s or any one else’s life. You must be aware of legal considerations, how and when to approach a victim, the human body systems, examining the victim, basic life support, bleeding and shock, identifying wounds, sudden illnesses, injuries, and how to care for them; also you must be aware of cold and heat related injuries, and how to rescue and move victims (Thygerson, 2001). Other information to be learned includes nutrition, health, and professional development. There are several other topics of Athletic Training; however, there are just to many to s...
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Being a paramedic requires patience, care and the ability to act/think on the spot. It is also an incredibly dangerous profession. According to Safe Work Australia (SWA), in 2007 paramedics have the sixth highest rate of occupational injuries and for men, the sixth highest rate of new mental health stress claims (The Medical Journal of Australia 2014, pp. 477). Most of these injuries are injuries resulting from violence against paramedics by bystanders or the patient, back injuries and transportation-related injuries (The Medical Journal of Australia 2014, pp. 477). Shockingly, over 17 Australian paramedics per year receive severe injuries due to violence (The Medical Journal of Australia 2014, pp. 478).
It is human natural to attend to a helpless child, an elderly man, or a pregnant woman. Our instincts ensure we react accordingly no matter what the circumstance may be. In emergency management, human natural is no longer a factor for the approach that must be taken in responding to an emergency. There are tough choices to make, that go against human nature. We must prioritize with an approach of assisting people that have a better chances of survival. The military provides a training called “Lifesaver course.” It is targeted to be an emergency management team within the military. You’re trained by a medical team to response to catastrophic events. In these events, you are trained to assist personnel that are conscious
As you sit in a classroom at the Community College, you may not think that saving a life is something you could do today, but, in fact, it's quite easy to do.
In ED, we are the people that rush to aid the sick and wounded no matter the circumstances. During my Emergency Medicine clerkship, I received a call from an ambulance making its way to the ED. The paramedic sent us the EKG and there was obvious ST elevation in lead V3-V6, which pointed to a severe heart vessel blockage. As a team, the nurse prepped the room, my attending notified the on-call cardiologist, and within three minutes of arrival in the ED, he was transferred to cardiology OR where he received the balloon catheter that saved his life.
It was in this moment that I realized this was the type of person, and professional, I wanted to be: one who won’t hesitate to do everything in my power to save a life, and can handle tragedy with grace and
... problem are under constant development and analysis, in a hope to avoid these situations. The civilian industry continues to lead in development due to commercialization, with the military not far behind. The only real deficiency in CRM program development seems to be the area of general aviation as described earlier. Until this problem is addressed, there will still be a glaring weakness in the general area of aviation safety. However, with the rate of technology increase and cheaper methods of instruction, we should begin to see this problem addressed in the near future. Until then, aviation will rely on civil commercial aviation the military to continue research and program development for the years to come, hopefully resulting in an increasingly safe method of travel and recreation.
To combat these and other issues that can arise due to a lack of training, the development of a training program will wan...
Communication is essential in education, training and everyday life. It's a means by which a thought is transferred from one person to another. Effective communication occurs when the intended meaning of the source and the perceived meaning of the receiver are virtually the same, Schemerhorn (2005).