Aviation medical assistant

The Aero-medical assistant / the Flight Medical assistant (FlMedAss) are technically very specialized medical orderlies team Flugmedizin the Bundeswehr . In the rank of sergeant to staff sergeant (A 07 to A 09) they support an aviation doctor in all official and technical matters and organize his daily operations. The rise to the top rank of sergeant major is possible in a few special uses.

Aviation physicians of the Bundeswehr and assigned aviation psychologists are obliged to regularly fly in their association's aircraft. In some cases, however, flight medical assistants (FlMedAss) should also be able to fly in aircraft. The experience of the cockpit workplace and the psycho-physical stress associated with military flying are fundamental experiences for optimal care of the flying crews. [2]

education

Basic training flight Medical Assistant / Aero-medical assistant (FlMedAss) into building up training courses. In detail:

• Completed training as an emergency paramedic ; temporary paramedics
• language training (at least language proficiency profile 2221) in English,
• the course "Medical Assistant Personal AirMedEvac",
• basic flight physiology training,
• the basic course " Crew Resource Management "
• the special course "Aviation Medical Assistant" at the Air Force Center for Aerospace Medicine

Additional training as a Medical Crew Chief, aircraft-specific supplementary modules AirMedEvac, as a hygiene officer or as a quality management officer round off the varied job profile. Proof of usability for military aviation, usability for foreign service and, if applicable, usability for tropical service must be submitted annually. Necessary professional content or training are specially regulated with implementation instructions.

Certification

Job badge

The training and job number is assigned by the Federal Office for Personnel Management of the Bundeswehr (BAPersBw), and the certification and award of the job badge "Aviation Medical Assistant Personnel" by the Air Force General Doctor at the Air Force Center for Aviation and Space Medicine .

Web links

Report at www.sanitätsdienst-bundeswehr.de from August 12, 2013

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Medical Service Bundeswehr: FlugMedAss North Woods. In: www.sanitaetsdienst-bundeswehr.de. Retrieved July 18, 2016 . 
2. ↑ profession in www.luftwaffe.de, German Bundeswehr, retrieved December 20, 2008