Course description
The Onboard Medical Emergencies course is for all health professionals
interested in the subject of aviation medicine or inflight emergencies.
Participants come from a wide range of medical backgrounds,
including family and emergency physicians, occupational health,
nursing and professionals who work in the aeromedical/travel medicine domain.
This course consists of:
Altitude physiology in the aviation environment
Epidemiology of medical emergencies in flight
Which passenger is "Fit to Fly"
Medical equipment onboard aircraft:
Emergency Medical Kit (EMK)
Safety on board
Cabin crew—their roles and first aid training
Medicolegal implications of helping onboard
Management of common emergencies in flight
Role play in simulator:
– Aircraft evacuation
– Smoke in cabin
– CPR/ALS: where to do it?
– Emergency oxygen