Course and Subject Handbook

This subject provides students with the knowledge and skills to successfully provide clinical care in the prehospital/ primary and aeromedical retrieval environment. Basic principles of aeromedical care will be applied and form the contextual subject matter. This will be applied to the prehospital scene through to inflight care and the clinical handover process at the completion of the mission. Specific areas of clinical care encountered in prehospital and aeromedical retrievals will be examined in detail. This will consist of best practice and the theory underpinning this considering aviation, aviation physiology, flight characteristics and aircraft configuration. Students will be assisted in understanding the rationale for these decisions. There will be a focus on the impact of the aeromedical environment on equipment used and procedures performed with respect to selection, outcomes and use. The subject will provide students with not just the knowledge and practical skills to achieve this but also the knowledge, evidence and theory underpinning all required to help promote the deeper level of understanding expected of leaders in the field.