RE: Crew Rest and Hospital Duties

We change our status as to what we are ( part of the flight crew or a crew member on an aircraft) by whether we have a patient on board or not. The the statement about part 135 IS correct. In our state we have to have flight physicals and be qualified by the FAA to perform duties as a crew member which includes crew rest. Also the state EMS mandates that you cannot work greater than a 24 hour shift. Might want to check out both the FAA and your state EMS guidelines.

>From: "Mark Frederick"

>Reply-To: flightmed@flightweb.com

>To:

>Subject: RE: Crew Rest and Hospital Duties

>Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 09:41:35 -0900

>rules that apply to what the FAA very strictly defines as flightcrew members (a person piloting, copiloting, serving as a flight engineer or navigator) don't apply to what we do...

>-----Original Message-----

>From: William Wingfield [mailto:will@willwingfield.com]

>Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 9:10 PM

>To: flightmed@flightweb.com

>Subject: Re: Crew Rest and Hospital Duties

>Review the FAR's part 135. You might find some help there as flight

>crewmembers.

>Good luck, you've got a tough fight ahead of you

>Will Wingfield

>---- Original message ----

> >Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 19:13:21 -0600

> >From: "Michael Lummus"

> >Subject: Crew Rest and Hospital Duties

> >To:

> >

> >I am a member of a flight crew that is employed by a hospital that

> >contracts with an aircraft vendor. That being said...

> >The flight crews normally work 24 hour shifts and up until this

>point we

> >were required to help with in house arrests, difficult IV starts,

>major

> >traumas, etc... The hospital now wants the crews to work 14 hours

>a day

> >in the ED or ICU when not flying.

> >

> >I was wondering what other hospital based crews are required to do

>as

> >far as helping out in the hospital. I can understand crews that are

> >working 12 hour shifts having to be in the unit when not preforming

> >flight related functions, but does anyone know of crews that are

> >required to spend over half of a 24 hour shift in the unit?

> >

> >Does anyone have any research on crew rest? Does anyone have

>protocols

> >on working within a hospital while not on flights?

> >Thank you for your help.

> >

> >M.L.

> >

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