Practical Survival Systems for Air Medical Transport Teams

Practical Survival Systems for Air Medical Teams
Rapidly changing weather, headwind, low fuel, wrong coordinates, engine failure, chip light, or any number of other reasons, are how an air medical team can unexpectedly find themselves grounded, far from resources. With careful planning, good gear, and experiential based training, crews will face long survival hours or perhaps a night in an austere environment, with confidence and competence. In this lively presentation, speakers will bust some common survival myths while discussing the practical realities of modern survival skill and equipment needs for rotor and fixed-wing air medical teams. They will show examples of survival gear systems being used in the Air Idaho Rescue program aircraft. Come learn what it takes to run an effective survival program based on current best practices relevant to the Air Medical operational environment. Walk away with training curriculum resources and ideas and get your hands on some examples of survival tools that work.