ACOS: Aircrew Operations and Survival

by Chris Sharpe, Chris Smetana, Mike Boone (Illustrator)

There is a failure in the Helicopter Air Ambulance system.A simple but often fatal failure. Training of aeromedical crews – not to provide the best in patient care that we can possibly achieve, a ‘patient advocate’ – but to be a ‘helicopter crew advocate’.Without a trained crew that understands every aspect of the helicopter, its functions, and what the Pilot is doing, we are collectively failing our patients…simply by not getting to them.The aim of Aircrew Operations and Survival is simple – to give all crews whether a new hire or ‘old hand’, a different ‘global’ perspective on being a safe and effective CREWMEMBER first and foremost – a patient advocate second.It covers aspects of the day to day safety culture that are necessary based on real-life operations and experiences as well as processes that we can instinctively follow in an emergency should the situation arise.Learn to be an effective and efficient Crewmember, then hopefully you will never need the ‘Survival’ part of this course...By being Confident – Competent – we as crew can ultimately do one thing. Support the Pilot, be safe, and then, in turn, become a patient advocate. ACOS Online

105 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 22, 2021