Re: 24 hour shift

["duane smith" <msmith182@hotmail.com>]

At MedFlight of Ohio we work 24's at all of our rotor bases, At base 1 they 
at times split them into 12's. Recently the full time nurses switched to 
24/72's with a psudo kelley day every 4 weeks, which gives you 7 days off 
every four weeks.  as far as volume base 1 is busy but most are close in 
flights <1 to 1 hour. The other out bases vary from 1 hour to 3 hours from 
start to finish.  Yes at times you finish the shift wipped.

We do have a formula to figure if work overs will be alowed it takes into 
account rest, number of flights, previous work in the 24hours previous to 
you flight shift and hours of uninterrupted sleep.  Some how that works out 
into a formula wich tells you how many if any hours you may work over.

Mike

>From: Adam Oplinger <ajoplinger@FlightMedicMail.com>
>Reply-To: flightmed@flightweb.com
>To: flightmed@flightweb.com
>Subject: Re: 24 hour shift
>Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 07:03:29 -0800 (PST)
>
>Todd
>
>We at Mercy Flight Central are also primarily working 24 hr shifts, two 
>each pay period for a total of 48 hrs. The staff really seems to like this 
>arrangement due to the fact that it bascially gives them five days off each 
>pay period. In addition, we have some folks that drive a considerable 
>distance to get to thier assigned base and it makes it more worthwhile for 
>them to do the 24 hr shifts.
>
>We do not currently have a maximum number of pt. contact hours, but crews 
>are only allowed to work a maximum of 24 hrs unless extenuating 
>circumstances arise. In addition, our crews are restriced from working any 
>other job in the 12 hours immediately preceding a 24 hour shift.
>
>I think that the biggest issue with this type of scheduling arrangement is 
>call volume. If you are flying multiple missions in a 24 hour period you 
>may very well end up with zombies on your aircrew who have been up for the 
>entire 24 hour period with no rest. If, however, your volume does not 
>regularly present you with that scenario, then I think that 24 hour shifts 
>can work very nicely and can be a good fringe benefit for your personnel.
>
>Adam Oplinger NREMT-P
>
>--- Todd Vandebussche <toddvdb@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >We currently work 24 hour shifts here at Inova AirCare
> >and are looking for for other programs that are doing
> >the same to see how additional hours are handled. We
> >are looking to see if there are programs with maximum
> >hours worked, any required rest or maximum patient
> >contact hours.
> >
> >Thank you,
> >Todd Van de Bussche
> >Flight Paramedic, Inova AirCare
> >
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