Forum: AAMS, AMPA, ASTNA, NEMSPA, NFPA
2003; Elsevier BV; Volume: 22; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s1067-991x(03)70030-3
ISSN1532-6497
AutoresTJ Kennedy, D.Gregory Powell, Harry Sibold, Heather McLellan, Gary L. Campbell,
ResumoNFPANew NFPA hours, delegates, call for articles, FP-C examinationWe are moving ahead with the new year and are happy to announce that the international NFPA office will be open longer each day. The NFPA office is open from 9:30 am to 5 pm Mountain Time. You may reach the office by calling (800) 381-NFPA. In an effort to serve you better, we have chosen to open the office longer and keep having Pat Petersen, our account executive, answer the phone in person. We have found that no one likes to muddle through a phone mail system. Keeping Pat on line may be more expensive, but the board has heard the membership say they appreciate being able to talk to Pat in person and get their questions answered.NFPA is still seeking delegates to act as a clearinghouse for information from every state, province, and country as it relates to the flight paramedic profession and the air medical community. If you are willing to dedicate some time to being more involved with other flight paramedics, please sign up to represent your state, province, or country. Go to our website at www.flightparamedic.org and click on the Board tab. Then click on Ron Walter, our hard-working board member who is putting together the state delegate project. You will be asked to send us information on what is happening in your location to be included in the NFPA newsletter or Air Medical Journal. We also will send you email on upcoming events, FP-C examinations, and exciting information that you can share with your counterparts.I would like to put out a call for articles written by flight paramedics for Air Medical Journal. Each year we try to publish articles related to critical care transport and air medicine, as well as safety, new technology, and studies performed by air medical personnel. I am personally asking you to please contact me if you have an idea, an article, or some research that you would like to publish. Please send your original articles to [email protected] . We would love to share your knowledge with the rest of the air medical community.This year the Board for Critical Care Transport Paramedic Certification (BCCTPC) is going to strive to offer you an improved, validated, and reliability-tested certified flight paramedic (FP-C) examination. The BCCTPC is seeking donations to raise $80,000 to independently validate the FP-C test. The examination has been an international success, and the BCCTPC would like to take it to the next level. Please check their website for updates and ways you or your flight program can donate to this worthy endeavor. Please go to the FP-C website at www.certifiedflightparamedic.org or call (866) 291-4FPC.I know this is a lot of information, but NFPA and the BCCTPC are moving ahead at a rapid pace. Please contact any of your board members if you have any questions, ideas, or thoughts for the future. We look forward to seeing you all at the Critical Care Transport Medicine Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, March 31-April 2. —TJ Kennedy, PresidentAAMSPreparing to meet the challenges of the coming yearsThe Air Medical Transport Conference is behind us for another year. Congratulations to everyone involved in the planning and implementation of the Kansas City 2002 AMTC on its tremendous success. With more than 1600 people in attendance, this was the largest AMTC ever. Rave reviews have been received on the educational sessions and exhibits and on the many opportunities for networking and socializing with colleagues from around the world.A new contract has been signed between the involved organizations to continue cosponsorship of the conference. Welcome to the National Association of Air Medical Communications Specialists (NAACS), who has joined the cosponsorship group. The Education Committee met in Kansas City to start planning the next conference to be held in Reno, Nev., November 3-5, 2003. I look forward to another equally successful event and the opportunity to share information among those in the air medical transport community.As we move into the new year, let's take time to assess where we are, predict the challenges we will face, and evaluate our options in meeting these challenges.•Today, the world is on a “war” footing. There's a war on poverty, and sadly, poverty seems to be winning. There's a war on terror, a significant policing issue to fight a battle that likely will never end. There's a war against totalitarian countries that export terror and weapons, and where this will take the world could be devastating.•Homeland defense is a major undertaking for all Western countries as individuals maintain a high level of vigilance, complemented by confidence in their leaders to ensure their safety and freedom.•The Baby Boomer demographic disease package is just about to penetrate our collective conscience.•The air ambulance community continues to experience the devastation of loss from aircraft crashes.•The medical error rate has reached unacceptable levels, resulting in increased media attention and public outcry.Those of us who have made a career choice to be involved in the delivery of emergency services might want to pause long enough to realize the challenge of the future will be on a larger order of magnitude than ever before and begin considering the options available to us in meeting the challenge. These options include: •Strengthening our capacity to deal with the volume of transports in the future, starting now•Taking a lead role in the development and implementation of best practices in medical care to help reduce the error rate. As critical care and air medical professionals, we see first-hand the methods that the aviation industry uses to improve safety—checklists and readbacks, for example. As aviators and health care providers, we need to help our medical colleagues in other disciplines improve—after first improving ourselves.•Working to integrate ourselves more closely into regional disaster and emergency planning systems and organizations in an effort to become more proactive in homeland defense•Involving ourselves regularly and frequently in safety and prevention programs, such as seat belt, helmet, and other health-related community and school educational programs•Integrating government relations more directly into all of our efforts by becoming more active and vocal. The more the politicians know about us, the better.How are we doing in these efforts now? Well, not too bad.On the education side, we began this year's AMTC with two plenary sessions—one on becoming a better advocate, and one on medical error rates. In addition, Dr. Frank Thomas and many others will put together a symposium to shed light on our air medical dilemmas in an academic and knowledge-based fashion.Our government relations efforts are becoming more sophisticated with each mid-year conference. This area is critically important and needs everyone's combined efforts. On the list are a number of government relations issues, including homeland defense, implementation of the Medicare Ambulance Fee Schedule, update of the FAA's heliport design criteria, flight duty time, advance beneficiary notices, HIPAA, promoting a national standard at the state level, CRM advisory circulars, follow-up on Safety Summit with the Safety Committee, carrier consolidation, Medicare reform, 9/11 relief, and insurance premium increases.Many services are adding capacity through expansion, including multiple vehicles in the case of critical care ground services, to prepare for the increased volume of transports.Military and civilian leaders are working together more frequently and in greater harmony toward the common goal of homeland defense.We have started to pay significant attention to better education and have brought a growing human patient simulator environment to our table, including the past two air medical transport conferences.Keep up the good work; it most likely will need to get better and faster in the future. We have worked together to create a multidisciplinary professional bond that continues to grow. The strength to meet the previously listed challenges lies in sharing knowledge and resources among services and countries, even across the ponds.Congratulations to the new leadership in all the components of transport medicine. Your challenge is great, and your time is precious—may the force be with you. —D. Gregory Powell, PresidentAMPAAMTC highlights, award winners, and air medical congressAs we approach a new year, it would be appropriate to step back a moment and look at where we are going and the path we have taken up to now. The Air Medical Physician Association has a proud heritage as an association started by a grassroots effort. Just over 10 years ago, a group of visionary physicians saw an unmet need and formally organized to have a unified voice and serve the physician community. By working together with our partner associations here, the effect is one of synergism within our transport community.AMPA continues to exercise its founding members' emphasis on education, safety, and leadership. This September in Interlaken, Switzerland, AMPA had a successful educational preconference to AIRMED 2002, attended by a diverse group of international physicians. Each person brought his or her approach to transport medicine and shared innovative ideas and problem-solving. While attending AIRMED, we had the chance to forge new international acquaintances and see old friends while celebrating the 50th anniversary of REGA, the Swiss air rescue service.This past AMTC in Kansas City was a success on many levels, as well. This year marks the beginning of a new contractual agreement between AAMS and the other professional associations, including AMPA, to cooperatively share the goals of the AMTC and continue making it the best conference we can. The AMPA medical director's preconference was well attended and followed by a general membership meeting at which several important awards were given.We would like to take a moment here to announce the AMPA award winners for 2002.•The Distinguished Physician Award was presented to Dr. David Dries. Dr. Dries has been the coeditor of Air Medical Journal, along with Dr. Reneé Holleran, and has provided an invaluable service not only to AMPA but also the entire air medical community. We have all been affected by the quality service he has given.•In a year marked by many nominations, the Medical Director of the Year Award was won by Dr. Jack Davidoff, medical director of Mercy Flight Central in New York. We are proud to announce that Dr. Davidoff also was elected by his peers to serve on the AMPA board of trustees for the upcoming term.•Finally, 2 President's Awards were presented. With a large crowd of her friends, coworkers, and fellow pilots looking on, Michelle North was recognized by outgoing AMPA president Dr. Ken Williams for her lifetime of service and dedication to air medical transport. She is a special person, having given herself freely to improve education and safety within our industry for many years. Another person who has worked hard at these same goals is Dr. Ira Blumen, who was given the second president's award. Dr. Blumen is the author of the newly released AMPA safety document and the program director and medical director of the UCAN program in Chicago.AMPA's newly released safety document by Dr. Blumen deserves a particular note here. For many years, we have discussed the safety of air medical transport with only a few people having taken a real analytical and objective look at the statistics. We must realize the great effort that went into the monumental task of preparing this document. Its inclusion with this issue of AMJ shows the firm conviction by AMPA and Dr. Blumen that this crucial look at ourselves should be widely viewed and shared. We thank those who contributed financially to allow its distribution free of charge. We can recognize that we have improved our safety in the years since we began, but clearly we need to optimize our efforts at ongoing safety. We should dedicate and challenge ourselves to this ongoing task; we owe that to our patients and ourselves.I would like to end with a personal note or two here. As I begin my presidency of AMPA, I would like to thank Dr. Ken Williams for the leadership, dedication, and guidance he has shown during his term. I am honored to be taking over from him and serve in the footsteps of the people who have preceded him. I hope that I can attract an even larger percentage of the air medical directors within the United States and worldwide to become AMPA members and share their expertise with us all.Finally, I would like to encourage those interested in the future of air medical transport to participate in the Congress on Air Medical Transport to be held in Salt Lake City this summer. This congress will provide a unique opportunity to identify and share a vision of our future. Be there! —Harry Sibold, PresidentPlease note the following corrections that should be made in the AMPA publication, A Safety Review and Risk Assessment in Air Medical Transport, November 2002. Thank you.p. 17: The “Feasibility” heading includes High, Moderate, and Low, not just Moderate.p. 23: In Figures 1-30 and 1-31, the years in the heading should be “1980-2001.”p. 24: Column 3, paragraph 2, line 10 should be “over 22 years….”p. 38: In Figure 2-25, the years in the heading should be “1990-2001.”p. 59: The comments for the 09/22/01 accident should read, “Approaching scene LZ with flight nurse using night vision goggles. Encountered brown out and aborted landing. Impacted trees and crashed.” p. 62: Bibliography #52, should end with “May/June 2001.” ASTNACelebrating success!As we settle back into our routines after the Air Medical Transport Conference in Kansas City, I would like to take a moment to reflect on our year at ASTNA. Our mission statement is to “Advance the practice of transport nursing and enhance the quality of patient care.” We accomplished many things this year with that mission in mind. These accomplishments occurred because a great number of our members are hard-working, dedicated individuals who believe in our mission statement. There are too many to thank and recognize in this limited setting, but the efforts and professionalism of all our members are truly appreciated.The most significant accomplishment for ASTNA this year is the work done on our publications. We have had the opportunity to renew and revise several of our publications and create new and exciting material. Heading the list is the release of two publications: Air and Surface Patient Transport:Principles and Practice (formerly Flight Nursing: Principles and Practice), edited by Reneé S. Holleran, and Standards for Critical Care and Specialty Ground Transport, edited by Scott James. Coming soon to the list are Standards for Critical Care and Specialty Fixed-Wing Transport (editor Denise Treadwell), Standards for Critical Care and Specialty Rotor-Wing Transport (editor Karen Arndt), and Flight Nursing Core Curriculum Companion Workbook (editor Heather McLellan). Revisions to Flight Nursing Core Curriculum will be made in 2003 under the editorship of Donna York Clark, and Flight Nursing Review Manual will see new life as the Transport Certification Review Manual, edited by Angie Golden and Jill Johnson.ASTNA has engaged in myriad other activities, including refining the Transport Nurse Advanced Trauma Course (TNATC), developing and refining the CFRN review course, updating/enhancing our website, participating in the Air Medical Safety Advisory Council (AMSAC), and committing to participate in the upcoming Aeromedical Leadership Congress this summer.Recognizing individual accomplishments is also an important part of ASTNA. Each year ASTNA recognizes a number of individuals for their dedication to various aspects of transport nursing. The Katz-Mason Award and the Jordan Award are presented at the ATMC. The Ground Transport Award is given at CCTMC. In collaboration with the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN), the Distinguished CFRN award also is presented at CCTMC. I would like to recognize our award winners for the year.The Katz-Mason Award recognizes exceptional leadership of an individual who has had a positive impact on flight transport nursing on a global scale. This year's recipient is Captain Gregory J. Rupert, USAF, NC. Captain Rupert is the Critical Care Air Transport Team program coordinator for Wilford Hall Medical Center.The Jordan Award is given for excellence in air medical journalism in honor of John Jordan, RN, founder of the initial publication for flight nursing. The 2002 recipient is Michael Frakes, BSN, CFRN, CCRN, EMT-P, FP-C, for his strong and ongoing commitment to publishing in the air medical industry.The Ground Transport Award recognizes an individual who has shown exceptional leadership and had a positive impact on ground transport nursing on a global scale. The 2002 recipient was Terri Bevis from Birmingham, Ala., for her contribution and dedication to ground transport nursing.The Distinguished CFRN Award is given by the BCEN to an individual who promotes and supports the CFRN examination. The 2002 award recipient is Angie Golden for her work in developing and promoting the CFRN review course.The BCEN, which administers the CFRN examination, awarded special recognition to 2 individuals for their dedication to the promotion of certification for transport nurses. Jill Johnson was recognized for her development and promotion of the ASTNA CFRN review course. Donna York Clark was recognized for her long-standing efforts to promote and endorse the advancement of the certification examination, always acting as an advocate for the process.In 2003, ASTNA looks forward to continuing the commitment to our mission statement by offering innovative educational programs, supporting research, and focusing on safe practice throughout the air medical community. I invite all transport nurses to join ASTNA in advancing our practice and celebrating our successes. —Heather McLellan, PresidentNEMSPAEnsuring pilot representationAnother AMTC is in the history books, and from my perspective, it was very informative and successful. My personal thanks goes out to the AMTC staff, Maggie, Blair, Johanna, and Andy for a sterling performance. Without their tireless efforts, I fear we would have had quite a different outcome. Kudos to Kansas City for saving the ice and snow for some other conference.The 2002 conference displayed a new spirit of cooperation among the air medical organizations. A new conference agreement was signed, ensuring that the spirit would continue in coming years. A major safety analysis was presented, giving all who heard or read it much food for thought. Our general membership meeting produced numerous ideas for improving the flow of information to the members so that they might be more aware of the issues affecting them directly. A newly revamped web page will be the conduit for such information. And Donald Spells of Life Flight in Tallahassee, Fla., was presented the NEMSPA Pilot of the Year Award for his years of dedicated work on behalf of safety and education in EMS.As I begin my last year as NEMSPA president, I look forward to continuing our efforts in the areas of training and safety. NEMSPA is here to represent our members at every level of the air medical industry. More challenges lie ahead. With the advent of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and a looming Office of Homeland Security, there are signs of additional restrictions and controls that may affect the ability of EMS pilots to do their job. We have a representative in Washington who is keeping a close watch on developments so that we can report them to you. Dedicated NEMSPA members are representing you at the FAA, AMSAC, HAI, AAMS, and CAMTS.In addition, we will be at the Air Medical Congress to be held in late spring or early summer 2003 in Salt Lake City. This congress will be attended by representatives from every known area having an impact on the air medical community. Pilot points of view will be presented. Information on this congress will be available on our website (www.nemspa.org). Pilots wishing to provide input may contact me at [email protected] . I look forward to hearing your views. —Gary L. Campbell, President NFPANew NFPA hours, delegates, call for articles, FP-C examinationWe are moving ahead with the new year and are happy to announce that the international NFPA office will be open longer each day. The NFPA office is open from 9:30 am to 5 pm Mountain Time. You may reach the office by calling (800) 381-NFPA. In an effort to serve you better, we have chosen to open the office longer and keep having Pat Petersen, our account executive, answer the phone in person. We have found that no one likes to muddle through a phone mail system. Keeping Pat on line may be more expensive, but the board has heard the membership say they appreciate being able to talk to Pat in person and get their questions answered.NFPA is still seeking delegates to act as a clearinghouse for information from every state, province, and country as it relates to the flight paramedic profession and the air medical community. If you are willing to dedicate some time to being more involved with other flight paramedics, please sign up to represent your state, province, or country. Go to our website at www.flightparamedic.org and click on the Board tab. Then click on Ron Walter, our hard-working board member who is putting together the state delegate project. You will be asked to send us information on what is happening in your location to be included in the NFPA newsletter or Air Medical Journal. We also will send you email on upcoming events, FP-C examinations, and exciting information that you can share with your counterparts.I would like to put out a call for articles written by flight paramedics for Air Medical Journal. Each year we try to publish articles related to critical care transport and air medicine, as well as safety, new technology, and studies performed by air medical personnel. I am personally asking you to please contact me if you have an idea, an article, or some research that you would like to publish. Please send your original articles to [email protected] . We would love to share your knowledge with the rest of the air medical community.This year the Board for Critical Care Transport Paramedic Certification (BCCTPC) is going to strive to offer you an improved, validated, and reliability-tested certified flight paramedic (FP-C) examination. The BCCTPC is seeking donations to raise $80,000 to independently validate the FP-C test. The examination has been an international success, and the BCCTPC would like to take it to the next level. Please check their website for updates and ways you or your flight program can donate to this worthy endeavor. Please go to the FP-C website at www.certifiedflightparamedic.org or call (866) 291-4FPC.I know this is a lot of information, but NFPA and the BCCTPC are moving ahead at a rapid pace. Please contact any of your board members if you have any questions, ideas, or thoughts for the future. We look forward to seeing you all at the Critical Care Transport Medicine Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, March 31-April 2. —TJ Kennedy, President New NFPA hours, delegates, call for articles, FP-C examinationWe are moving ahead with the new year and are happy to announce that the international NFPA office will be open longer each day. The NFPA office is open from 9:30 am to 5 pm Mountain Time. You may reach the office by calling (800) 381-NFPA. In an effort to serve you better, we have chosen to open the office longer and keep having Pat Petersen, our account executive, answer the phone in person. We have found that no one likes to muddle through a phone mail system. Keeping Pat on line may be more expensive, but the board has heard the membership say they appreciate being able to talk to Pat in person and get their questions answered.NFPA is still seeking delegates to act as a clearinghouse for information from every state, province, and country as it relates to the flight paramedic profession and the air medical community. If you are willing to dedicate some time to being more involved with other flight paramedics, please sign up to represent your state, province, or country. Go to our website at www.flightparamedic.org and click on the Board tab. Then click on Ron Walter, our hard-working board member who is putting together the state delegate project. You will be asked to send us information on what is happening in your location to be included in the NFPA newsletter or Air Medical Journal. We also will send you email on upcoming events, FP-C examinations, and exciting information that you can share with your counterparts.I would like to put out a call for articles written by flight paramedics for Air Medical Journal. Each year we try to publish articles related to critical care transport and air medicine, as well as safety, new technology, and studies performed by air medical personnel. I am personally asking you to please contact me if you have an idea, an article, or some research that you would like to publish. Please send your original articles to [email protected] . We would love to share your knowledge with the rest of the air medical community.This year the Board for Critical Care Transport Paramedic Certification (BCCTPC) is going to strive to offer you an improved, validated, and reliability-tested certified flight paramedic (FP-C) examination. The BCCTPC is seeking donations to raise $80,000 to independently validate the FP-C test. The examination has been an international success, and the BCCTPC would like to take it to the next level. Please check their website for updates and ways you or your flight program can donate to this worthy endeavor. Please go to the FP-C website at www.certifiedflightparamedic.org or call (866) 291-4FPC.I know this is a lot of information, but NFPA and the BCCTPC are moving ahead at a rapid pace. Please contact any of your board members if you have any questions, ideas, or thoughts for the future. We look forward to seeing you all at the Critical Care Transport Medicine Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, March 31-April 2. —TJ Kennedy, President We are moving ahead with the new year and are happy to announce that the international NFPA office will be open longer each day. The NFPA office is open from 9:30 am to 5 pm Mountain Time. You may reach the office by calling (800) 381-NFPA. In an effort to serve you better, we have chosen to open the office longer and keep having Pat Petersen, our account executive, answer the phone in person. We have found that no one likes to muddle through a phone mail system. Keeping Pat on line may be more expensive, but the board has heard the membership say they appreciate being able to talk to Pat in person and get their questions answered. NFPA is still seeking delegates to act as a clearinghouse for information from every state, province, and country as it relates to the flight paramedic profession and the air medical community. If you are willing to dedicate some time to being more involved with other flight paramedics, please sign up to represent your state, province, or country. Go to our website at www.flightparamedic.org and click on the Board tab. Then click on Ron Walter, our hard-working board member who is putting together the state delegate project. You will be asked to send us information on what is happening in your location to be included in the NFPA newsletter or Air Medical Journal. We also will send you email on upcoming events, FP-C examinations, and exciting information that you can share with your counterparts. I would like to put out a call for articles written by flight paramedics for Air Medical Journal. Each year we try to publish articles related to critical care transport and air medicine, as well as safety, new technology, and studies performed by air medical personnel. I am personally asking you to please contact me if you have an idea, an article, or some research that you would like to publish. Please send your original articles to [email protected] . We would love to share your knowledge with the rest of the air medical community. This year the Board for Critical Care Transport Paramedic Certification (BCCTPC) is going to strive to offer you an improved, validated, and reliability-tested certified flight paramedic (FP-C) examination. The BCCTPC is seeking donations to raise $80,000 to independently validate the FP-C test. The examination has been an international success, and the BCCTPC would like to take it to the next level. Please check their website for updates and ways you or your flight program can donate to this worthy endeavor. Please go to the FP-C website at www.certifiedflightparamedic.org or call (866) 291-4FPC. I know this is a lot of information, but NFPA and the BCCTPC are moving ahead at a rapid pace. Please contact any of your board members if you have any questions, ideas, or thoughts for the future. We look forward to seeing you all at the Critical Care Transport Medicine Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, March 31-April 2. —TJ Kennedy, President AAMSPreparing to meet the challenges of the coming yearsThe Air Medical Transport Conference is behind us for another year. Congratulations to everyone involved in the planning and implementation of the Kansas City 2002 AMTC on its tremendous success. With more than 1600 people in attendance, this was the largest AMTC ever. Rave reviews have been received on the educational sessions and exhibits and on the many opportunities for networking and socializing with colleagues from around the world.A new contract has been signed between the involved organizations to continue cosponsorship of the conference. Welcome to the National Association of Air Medical Communications Sp
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