RE: physical fitness standards

[Crowe William <William.Crowe@TriadHospitals.com>]

As far as I know, the same for STAR Flight in Austin TX, including walking,
swimming (they do water rescue).

William T. Crowe, FNP
Occupational Health Center at Terrell
819 E. Moore Ave, Ste B
Terrell  TX  75160
972-551-1567	
william.crowe@triadhospitals.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Rollie Parrish [SMTP:rparrish@flightweb.com]
> Sent:	Monday, February 19, 2001 5:35 PM
> To:	flightmed@flightweb.com
> Subject:	Re: physical fitness standards
> 
> On Mon, 19 Feb 2001 KReninger@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > Hello all,
> >    I am curious to ask if any programs out there have a hard and fast 
> > physical fitness standard.  If so, is it based on a height vs weight
> table, 
> > calculated body mass index or an out and out agility/strength/endurance
> test? 
> >  Thanks.-Kristian Reninger RN, BSN, EMT-P
> 
> Check with the folks at LifeFlight in Boise, ID. They have a fairly
> rigourous fitness/agility test on a regular basis (not just new hires)
> that includes running, carrying various weight packs and performing drug
> calculations at the end of the test. Might be a little much for the
> typical flight program, but they do a lot of mountain rescue, hiking long
> distances to patients, etc.
> 
> Later
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