The Great Rift Valley

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The Great Rift Valley
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Ambien For All My Friends
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Meanwhile in Pasha Kwah
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Somewhere in the Tagab Valley
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Just a Typical Senior Chief
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20 Km E of The Middle of Nowhere
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Using this Stuff
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USASAM Training

• 43 Programs of Instruction
• MEDCOM
• TRADOC
• Aeromedical Training for Medics
• Aeromedical Training for Physicians
• Physician Assistants
• Psychologists
• Nurse Practitioners
• Aeromedical Training for Medical Service Corps
• Aeromedical Training for Aircrew
• In house, MTTs DL

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USASAM Training

• Flight Surgeon Course
• 6A-61N9D
• Aviation Medicine Orientation Course
• Aviation Medicine Clinic NCO Course
• Flight Surgeon Refresher Course
• Operational Aeromedical Problems Course
• Flight Medic Course
• Aeromedical Psychology Training Course
• Joint Enroute Care Course
• MEDEVAC Doctrine
• MEDEVAC Pre-Command Course

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Flight Medic Course

• Train qualified combat medics to treat,
  stabilize, and provide enroute medical care to
  the critically injured or ill during transport
  aboard air ambulances.
• 4 week course, 4 courses/year
• 12 students minimum, 30 maximum
• Army, Navy, Air Force, Allied
• SQI Producing Course (F identifier)
• Subjects
• BTLS, ACLS, PEPP
• Aeromedical
• Aviation
• STX

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Situational Training Exercise

• Simulates all aspects of evacuation
• Utilizes all equipment training

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Joint Enroute Care Course

• Prepare DoD and DHD medical personnel to meet the
  advanced care requirements of stabilized
  casualties during ground or air transport in a
  joint environment.
• 2 week course
• Taught 4 times a year
• 30-40 students per class
• Joint Army/Navy project based on OIF/OEF Lessons
  Learned

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OIF/OEF Lessons Learned

• No organized post-intervention critical care
  transport at level II, some level III locations
• Skilled personnel on transports with no platform
  or equipment familiarity, no knowledge of
  stresses of flight
• Marines often have no support, and frequently
  rely on aircraft of opportunity

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Scope of the JECC

• Critical Care skills for transport in a tactical
  environment.
• Familiarity with transport platforms and
  capabilities.
• Transport equipment capabilities and operation.
• Flight Physiology concepts.
• Patient and provider stressors in
  flight/transport.

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TA-1 and Medical Suite Trainer
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Flight Surgeon Primary Course

• Train qualified health care providers, from all
  military services, on current Army aeromedical
  policies and procedures.
• (AC) 6 week course / 3 classes per year
• (RC) 3 weeks - 2 phases / 2 classes per year
• Class size 12 min, 60 max, 50 avg
• Docs, PAs, NPs and Medical Students
• Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, Public Health
  Service, Civilian Allied Services

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APA NP

• Trained in aviation medicine
• Army Flight Surgeon Primary Course (AFSPC)
• Supervised by a Flight Surgeon
• Non-rated, non-crewmember

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Aeromed Psychologist

• Prepare psychologists to provide expert mental
  health support, consultation and human factors
  education to joint/combined forces.
• 3 week course, 1 course per FY
• 8 students min/40 max, average 15
• Army, ARNG, Air Force, U.S. Navy, DOD Civilians,
  and Allied students

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Aeromed Psychologist

• Course Goals
• Support flight surgeons and commanders with
  regard to psychological disposition of aviation
  personnel
• Provide consultation to commanders and safety
  officers concerning human factors affecting
  readiness, safety, performance, and retention of
  aviation personnel.
• Educate and train aviation personnel in
  psychological factors affecting aviator readiness
  and mission completion.
• Provide consultation to accident investigation
  and flight evaluation boards on psychological
  factors affecting aviator performance and safety.

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MEDEVAC Doctrine Course

• Provide the necessary skills and knowledge to
  plan the employment of medical evacuation assets
  in a theater of operations in all tactical
  situations.
• 2 week course
• 5 resident courses per year
• 24 student average per class
• Medical Operations Officers, NCOs and Aeromedical
  Evacuation Pilots
• Initiative - for greater Joint/Allied student
  attendance

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Enjoy the Kool-Aid !