RE: Crew Rest and Hospital Duties

[Ken Lawson-Williams <Macgyver@FlightMedicMail.com>]

Unless your program assigns some of the FAA defined flight crew duties to the medical crew - such as preflight safety briefings, securing passengers and cargo (kits) etc, assisting with spotting obstacles or nav etc... As far as I know this has to be spelled out in the Flight Operations Manual as well as the medical SOP's. Perhaps Bob C. could comment?

Fly Safe. 
Ken L-W CCEMT-P/RN etc


--- "Mark Frederick" <Mark.Frederick@north-slope.org> wrote:
>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" <impavidu@sbcglobal.net>  
>>Subject: Crew Rest and Hospital Duties  
>>To: <flightmed@flightweb.com>
>>
>>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.
>>
>>
>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>Flightmed mailing list
>>To unsubscribe or change your email address, go to 
>http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/flightmed
>>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Flightmed mailing list
>To unsubscribe or change your email address, go to http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/flightmed
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Flightmed mailing list
>To unsubscribe or change your email address, go to http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/flightmed

_____________________________________________________________
Get yourname@FlightMedicMail.com:
Sign up at http://www.FlightMedicMail.com

_____________________________________________________________
Select your own custom email address for FREE! Get you@yourchoice.com w/No Ads, 6MB, POP & more! http://www.everyone.net/selectmail?campaign=tag

_______________________________________________
Flightmed mailing list
To unsubscribe or change your email address, go to http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/flightmed