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This Auxiliary Flight course prepares participants to interpret and apply flight policies within the air medical environment while demonstrating key daily flight procedures, including briefings, aircraft walk-arounds, communication practices, inclement weather operations, and debriefing processes. Participants will develop competency in flight helmet use and care, including identifying components, proper fitting and securing, and appropriate storage and maintenance through return demonstration in the aircraft setting. The course also emphasizes safety in the helicopter environment, with participants assessing helipad and aircraft conditions and demonstrating safe operation of equipment, communication devices, and practices around active aircraft and moving rotors.
Financial and In-Kind Commercial Support
No financial nor in-kind commercial support was received for these education activities.
Learning Objectives
Learning Objective 1: Interpret and apply flight policy in the air medical environment. Participants will be able to demonstrate daily flight procedures including brief, walk around, communication in and around the aircraft, and during inclement weather procedures, and debriefs.
Learning Objective 2: Apply knowledge of flight helmet care and use. Participants will know working parts of the helmet, how to properly wear and secure the helmet, how to properly store, and maintain the helmets and return demonstration of these skills in aircraft setting
Learning Objective 3: Assess the helicopter environment for safety, including helipad, helicopter and apply techniques to working in environment. Participants will demonstrate competency of equipment, communication devices, safety devices, and safe operations around "hot" moving rotors of the helicopter in the air medical environment.
Pete Fitzpatrick, RN, BSN,CCRN, CFRN, NR-P
Joint Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Children's National Hospital is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Children’s National Hospital Accreditation Provider# 4008362.
Available Credit
- 4.00 ANCCChildren’s National Hospital will provide 4.00 Nursing Contact Hours for this Live activity.
- 4.00 ParticipationSuccessful completion of this continuing education activity.