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SECTION I: GENERAL INFORMATION |
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1. History of Air Medical Transport |
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2. Basics of EMS Systems and Air Medical Integration |
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3. Indications for Air Medical Transport: Practical Applications |
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4. Ethical Issues in Air Medical Transport |
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5. Patient Care Capabilities and Limitations |
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6. Crew Configuration |
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7. Consideration s in Vehicle Selection for Patient Transport |
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8. Air Medical Transport in Rural Areas |
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9. Considerations in International Air Medical Transport |
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10. The Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems |
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11. Who’s Who in Air and Ground Medical Transport |
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SECTION II: MEDICAL DIRECTION |
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12. Role of the Medical Director on Air Medical Transport |
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13. Qualifications and Training of the Air Medical Director |
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14. Empowerment of the Medical Director: The Written Contract |
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15. Development of Medical Policies and Procedures |
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16. Air Medical Research |
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SECTION III: ADMINISTRATIVE |
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17. The Management Role of the Medical Director |
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18. Qualifications, Interviewing, Hiring of Air Medical Personnel |
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19. Quality Management for Transport Programs |
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20. Human Resource Considerations in Critical Care Transport |
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21. Legal Issues in Air and Ground Medical Transport |
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22. Rules, Regulations and Government Interface |
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23. Documentation and Documentation Systems in Medical Transport Systems |
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24. Air Medical Informatics |
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25. Strategic Planning and Management |
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26. Strategic Marketing |
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27. Financial Concepts for the EMS Administrator |
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28. The Purchasing Process: Procuring Aircraft and Aviation Services |
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29. Air Medical Business Models |
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30. Media Relations 101: Managing your Message |
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31. Effective Communications |
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SECTION IV: TRAINING AND EDUCATION |
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32. Teach the Teacher: How to be an Effective Clinical and Didactic Teacher |
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33. Training of the Air Medical Flight Crew |
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34. Training Resident Physicians as Air Medical Transport Physicians |
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35. A Primer in Simulation |
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36. Stress in the Air Medial Environment |
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37. Stress, Substance Abuse, and Additive Disorders in the Air Medical Flight Crew |
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38. Survival for Air Medical Transport Crews |
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SECTION V: CLINICAL |
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39. Transport Physiology |
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40. Airway Management in the Transport Environment |
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41. Trauma Management: Issues for the Air Medical Crew |
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42. Considerations in Air Medical Transport of the Critically Ill Patient |
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43. Infection Control in Air Medical Transport |
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44. The Air Medical Transfer Process of the Critically Ill or Injured Pediatric Patient |
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45. Air Medical Transport of the Neonate |
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46. Maternal Air Medical Transport |
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47. Transport of the Patient with an Intra Aortic Balloon |
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48. Pain Management in the Transport Environment |
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49. Biomedical Equipment and Technology in Critical Care Transport |
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SECTION VI: OPERATIONS |
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50. Communications |
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51. Air Medical Response to Disaster and Multiple Casualty Incidents |
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52. Hazardous Materials: The Air Medical Response |
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53. Scene Management and Extrication |
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54. Medical Helicopters in Wilderness Search and Rescue Operations |
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55. Air Medical Resources at Special Events |
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SECTION VII: AVIATION AND SAFETY |
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56. Air Medical Safety: Your First Priority |
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57. Safety |
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58. The ABC’s of Air Medical Resource Management |
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59. Patient Safety in Air Medical Transport |
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60. Pressure Cooker – The Risks of Competition and Pressure in EMS Aviation |
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61. Human Factors in Air and Ground Medical Transport |
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62. Aircraft Capabilities for Medical Transport |
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63. Ground Ambulance Transport Safety |
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64. Post Accident-Incident Planning |
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SECTION VIII: INTERNATIONAL |
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65. Air Medical Transport in Argentina |
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66. Australian Air Medicine: More Than Just Patient Transport |
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67. Air Medical Transport in Belgium |
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68. Air Medicine in Canada |
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69. Air Ambulance System in Canada: Alberta |
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70. Air Medical Transport in China |
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71. Air Medical Transport in Finland |
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72. Air Medical Transport in Germany |
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73. Air Medical Transport in Hungary |
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74. Air Medical Transport in Iceland |
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75. Air Medical Transport in Israel |
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76. An Overview of Air Medical Transport in Japan |
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77. Aeromedical Evacuation in Kenya and East Africa |
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78. Air Medical Transport in Mexico |
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79. Air Medical Transport in the Netherlands |
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80. An Overview of Air Medical Transport in Norway |
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81. Air Medical Transport in South Africa |
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SECTION IX: MILITARY TRANSPORT |
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82. United States Army Air Medical Transportation |
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83. United States Air Force Medical Transport |
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84. Department of the Navy Medical Transport |
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85. Emergency Medical Services in Coast Guard Search and Rescue |
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86. Tactical En Route Care |
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SECTION X: AMPA POSITION STATEMENTS |
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87. AMPA Position Statements |
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SECTION XI: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
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88. Glossary of Terms, Abbreviations and Definitions |
