GM2 MED.D.020 Training courses in aviation medicine

ED Decision 2019/002/R

ADVANCED TRAINING COURSE

(a) Advanced training course in aviation medicine 66 hours

(1) Pilot working environment 6 hours

(i) Commercial aircraft flight crew compartment

(ii) Business jets, commuter flights, cargo flights

(iii) Professional airline operations

(iv) Fixed wing and helicopter, specialised operations including aerial work

(v) Air traffic control

(vi) Single-pilot/multi-pilot

(vii) Exposure to radiation and other harmful agents

(2) Aerospace physiology 4 hours

(i) Brief review of basics in physiology (hypoxia, rapid/slow decompression, hyperventilation, acceleration, ejection, spatial disorientation)

(ii) Simulator sickness

(3) Clinical medicine 5 hours

(i) Complete physical examination

(ii) Review of basics with relationship to commercial flight operations

(iii) Class 1 requirements

(iv) Clinical cases

(v) Communication and interview techniques

(4) Cardiovascular system 4 hours

(i) Cardiovascular examination and review of basics

(ii) Class 1 requirements

(iii) Diagnostic steps in cardiovascular system

(iv) Clinical cases

(5) Neurology 3 hours

(i) Brief review of basics (neurological and psychiatric examination)

(ii) Alcohol and other psychoactive substance(s) use

(iii) Class 1 requirements

(iv) Clinical cases

(6) Psychiatry/psychology 5 hours

(i) Brief review of basics (psychiatric/psychological evaluation techniques)

(ii) Alcohol and other psychoactive substance(s) use

(iii) Class 1 requirements

(iv) Clinical cases

(7) Visual system and colour vision 5 hours

(i) Brief review of basics (visual acuity, refraction, colour vision, visual fields, night vision, stereopsis, monocularity)

(ii) Class 1 visual requirements

(iii) Implications of refractive and other eye surgery

(iv) Clinical cases

(8) Otorhinolaryngology 4 hours

(i) Brief review of basics (barotrauma — ears and sinuses, functional hearing tests)

(ii) Noise and its prevention

(iii) Vibration, kinetosis

(iv) Class 1 hearing requirements

(v) Clinical cases

(9) Dentistry 2 hours

(i) Oral examination including dental formula

(ii) Oral cavity, dental disorders and treatment, including implants, fillings, prosthesis, etc.

(iii) Barodontalgia

(iv) Clinical cases

(10) Human factors in aviation, including 8 hours demonstration and practical experience 22 hours

(i) Long-haul flight operations

(A) Flight time limitations

(B) Sleep disturbance

(C) Extended/expanded crew

(D) Jet lag/time zones

(ii) Human information processing and system design

(A) Flight Management System (FMS), Primary Flight Display (PFD), datalink, fly by wire

(B) Adaptation to the glass cockpit

(C) Crew Coordination Concept (CCC), Crew Resource Management (CRM), Line Oriented Flight Training (LOFT) etc.

(D) Practical simulator training

(E) Ergonomics

(iii) Crew commonality

(A) Flying under the same type rating, e.g. A-318, A-319, A-320, A-321

(iv) Human factors in aircraft incidents and accidents

(v) Flight safety strategies in commercial aviation

(vi) Fear and refusal of flying

(vii) Psychological selection criteria

(viii) Operational requirements (flight time limitation, fatigue risk management, etc.)

(11) Incidents and accidents, escape and survival 2 hours

(i) Accident statistics

(ii) Types of injuries

(iii) Aviation pathology, post-mortem examination related to aircraft accidents, identification

(iv) Rescue and emergency evacuation

(12) Tropical medicine 2 hours

(i) Endemicity of tropical disease

(ii) Infectious diseases (communicable diseases, sexually transmitted diseases, HIV etc.)

(iii) Vaccination of flight crew and passengers

(iv) Diseases transmitted by vectors

(v) Food and water-borne diseases

(vi) Parasitic diseases

(vii) International health regulations

(viii) Personal hygiene of aviation personnel

(13) Concluding items 2 hours

(i) Final examination

(ii) De-briefing and critique