Course Description: The course aims to train both civilians and military staff on the principles of ground and air transport. Medical evacuation, or Medevac, is the transportation of seriously ill patients by air. This three-day course serves as a standard course to cover all aspects of becoming medical crew on board rotary wing emergency service helicopters and ground transport.
Topics include:
- Aviation awareness
- Crew Resource Management (Human Factors)
- Radio communications
- Navigation
- Helicopter emergencies
- Safety in and around helicopters
- Ground handling
- Site selection
- Physiological changes at altitude and effects on patient care
- Pre-hospital emergency care
- Advanced human factors
- Disaster medicine.
