Aviation health courses for the healthcare professional
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Medically Qualified Volunteers
This course is designed for Doctors, Paramedics and Nurses, who are willing to provide medical assistance on a commercial aircraft when a passenger or crew member becomes unwell.
This course will cover all aspects of the inflight medical event, and provide key knowledge on altitude physiology and consequences of altitude on many conditions, how to assist using their clinical skills and to understand onboard procedures, the types of medical equipment carried, the use of a ground based medical provider, legal liability, documentation and reporting and much more
Fit 2 Fly Course
This course explains the requirements for assessing a patient and their fitness to fly following certain surgical procedures or those with medical conditions that can be impacted during commercial flights.
The course has been developed in conjunction with specialists in respiratory, cardiac, orthopaedic and ophthalmology and psychiatric fields of medicine along with aviation medicine specialist's to ensure you have the latest and most up to date information when assessing a patients fitness to fly.
Accreditation and CPD
Aviation Health Group Academy has sought accreditation and CPD points from the Australian College of Emergency Medicine and the Australian College of Remote & Rural Medicine. This means that when registering to complete one of our accredited courses you will simply need to provide us with your College’s member or identification number and complete a participant registrants feedback form. We will process upon completion of the course to your respective College and they will award the relevant CPD points or hours as prescribed by that College and for our course.
We are also undertaking applications with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and look forward to announcing this once approved. If your College is not currently listed as having recognized accredited with Aviation Health Group’s courses and you would like to receive CPD points for completion of any of our courses please email us at [email protected]
Why learn with us?
Aviation Health Academy courses are designed for the medical professional who have an interest in aviation medicine and is willing to assist during an inflight medical emergency or seeks to understand more about the assessment process for determining a patient's fitness to travel on commercial aircraft and the airline health clearance processes. With our experience and expertise, we are perfectly placed to help you improve your understanding of aviation health - whatever your role within the healthcare industry.
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