Rotor-wing pilot required training hours
2000 total hours
1000 hours as pilot in command (PIC)
100 hours PIC at night
“bottle-to-throttle” time
at least 8 hours
Rules of flight following
- Sterile cockpit during critical phases of flight
- 15 minutes max comms interval during flight
- 45 minutes max comms interval while on the ground
Rotor-wing shut off sequence
TFB - Throttle, fuel, battery
Take survival bag and meet at 12 o’clock
Survival sequence of events
Shelter, Fire, Water, Food
FARs (# and scope)
Part 91 - no passengers
Part 135 - passengers (max 14hrs for pilots)
Local flight area determined by
certificate holder
Cell phones are prohibited when
during flight
Medical director is not required to
live in the same state
Intubation requirements
1 per quarter per patient population (adult, pedi, neonate)
Live intubation requirements during training
5
Specialty team response time
45 minutes
Pilot area orientation (day/night)
5 hours day, 2 hours night
Helipad is required to have
2 paths of entry/egress, security
Air ambulance minimum fuel requirement
175 miles
ELT is activated at
4g’s
Uniform fit
1/4” between uniform and body
Fixed wing twin engine time
500 hours
Gas laws
The bends, decompression sickness, soda can CO2, gasses in blood
Henry’s Law
Gas laws
Tissue swelling, hypoxic hypoxia, available oxygen at altitude
Dalton’s Law
Gas laws
cellular gas exchange/diffusion
Graham’s Law
Gas laws
Oxygen tank pressure in heat/cold
Gay-Lussac’s Law
Gas laws
BP cuff, ETT cuff, MAST pants, IABP purging
Boyle’s Law
Tumbling
rotation on a 360 degree axis
Yaw
deviation up to 90 degrees from a straight path
