Re: Flightmed digest, Vol 1 #372 - 11 msgs

[John Welton <weltonj@musc.edu>]

Allan, you are welcome to download a copy for personal use of my
Aeromedical Flight Crew Manual which I wrote to specifically address
fixed-wing transport, flight physiology, and patient management in an
aeromedical environment:  

http://people.musc.edu/~weltonj/Courses/CCEMT/CCEMT.htm

about 100 pages or so in Adobe Acrobat pdf format that addresses many of
the questions you raised.

John


-- 
John Welton, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Medical University of South Carolina
College of Nursing
99 Jonathan Lucas St.
Charleston, SC  29425
Phone: 843-792-4623
Email: weltonj@musc.edu


-----Original Message-----
  From: flightmed-admin@flightweb.com
[mailto:flightmed-admin@flightweb.com]On Behalf Of Wildmedic17@aol.com
  Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 8:30 AM
  To: flightmed@flightweb.com
  Subject: Flight Physiology


       Hi all - I've got a question for those of you who are very
experienced in the realm of fixed wing transport: Exactly how do you
apply the principles of flight physiology to your patient assessment and
management?

         I'm quite familiar with basic flight physiology; the gas laws,
the stressors of flight, etc....but what I mean is, how do you use that
info?

         My experience is almost exclusively with low-altitude
helicopter transport - where the effects of changing altitude aren't
much of a factor - so I'm just curious to learn what little tricks and
assessment techniques you airplane types routinely use during patient
preparation and transport.
Thanks!

  -Allan
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