Flight Ground School September 2025

September 8, 2025 to September 9, 2025

New DOTM staff will be competent to care for critical care patients spanning multiple ages, and developmental stages. Staff will correctly assess, plan care and implement care of these patients in the transport setting, to include stabilization and safe transport of the patient to the receiving facility. They will return proper demonstration of skills learned through learning activities and chart reviews

Target Audience

Nurses

Paramedics

Learning Objectives

1. Participants will learn the proper use of equipment including helmets, isolette, stretcher.  The will practice with this equipment in the helicopter to include loading, unloading, and securing devices for team and patient safety.  Participants will be able to apply these skills while caring for a patient in thehelicopter transport setting safely

2. Participants will learn safe communication while working with the team in the helicopter to include standard "hot" and "cold" operations, and  emergency procedures.  Participants will be able to verbalize and demonstrate these procedures in the helicopter transport setting safely.

3. Participants will learn standards of planning with the communication centers, to include paging, crew resource management, crew confirgurations, patients and equipment considerations.  Participants will plan, communicate, and safely deliver patient care in the helicopter transport setting.

Additional Information

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 14.75 ANCC
    Children’s National Hospital will provide 14.75 Nursing Contact Hours for this Live activity.
  • 14.75 Participation
    Successful completion of this continuing education activity.
Course opens: 
08/20/2025
Course expires: 
11/07/2025
Event starts: 
09/08/2025 - 8:00am EDT
Event ends: 
09/09/2025 - 5:00pm EDT
Part of: 
DOTM Orientation (2025)
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September 8th
Flight Ground School Day 1
Daniel Schroeder, Zach Mathews , Pete Fitzpatrick
08:00am - 05:00pm
September 9th
Flight Ground School Day 2
Daniel Schroeder, Zach Mathews , Pete Fitzpatrick, Liz Berg
07:30am - 05:00pm

Acknowledgement of Financial and In-Kind Commercial Support 

No financial or in-kind commercial support was received for this educational activity. 

Course Director(s)

Daniel Schroeder, BSN, RN, CCRN, CNPT, PNCCT

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Speaker(s)

Elizabeth Berg, BSN, RN

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Pete Fitzpatrick, RN, BSN,CCRN, CFRN, NR-P

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Zachary Mathews

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Daniel Schroeder, BSN, RN, CCRN, CNPT, PNCCT

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Children’s National Hospital. 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

  • 14.75 ANCC
    Children’s National Hospital will provide 14.75 Nursing Contact Hours for this Live activity.
  • 14.75 Participation
    Successful completion of this continuing education activity.
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