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1
Q

Rotor-wing pilot required training hours

A

2000 total hours
1000 hours as pilot in command (PIC)
100 hours PIC at night

2
Q

“bottle-to-throttle” time

A

at least 8 hours

3
Q

Rules of flight following

A
  • Sterile cockpit during critical phases of flight
  • 15 minutes max comms interval during flight
  • 45 minutes max comms interval while on the ground
4
Q

Rotor-wing shut off sequence

A

TFB - Throttle, fuel, battery

Take survival bag and meet at 12 o’clock

5
Q

Survival sequence of events

A

Shelter, Fire, Water, Food

6
Q

FARs (# and scope)

A

Part 91 - no passengers

Part 135 - passengers (max 14hrs for pilots)

7
Q

Local flight area determined by

A

certificate holder

8
Q

Cell phones are prohibited when

A

during flight

9
Q

Medical director is not required to

A

live in the same state

10
Q

Intubation requirements

A

1 per quarter per patient population (adult, pedi, neonate)

11
Q

Live intubation requirements during training

A

5

12
Q

Specialty team response time

A

45 minutes

13
Q

Pilot area orientation (day/night)

A

5 hours day, 2 hours night

14
Q

Helipad is required to have

A

2 paths of entry/egress, security

15
Q

Air ambulance minimum fuel requirement

A

175 miles

16
Q

ELT is activated at

A

4g’s

17
Q

Uniform fit

A

1/4” between uniform and body

18
Q

Fixed wing twin engine time

A

500 hours

19
Q

Gas laws

The bends, decompression sickness, soda can CO2, gasses in blood

A

Henry’s Law

20
Q

Gas laws

Tissue swelling, hypoxic hypoxia, available oxygen at altitude

A

Dalton’s Law

21
Q

Gas laws

cellular gas exchange/diffusion

A

Graham’s Law

22
Q

Gas laws

Oxygen tank pressure in heat/cold

A

Gay-Lussac’s Law

23
Q

Gas laws

BP cuff, ETT cuff, MAST pants, IABP purging

A

Boyle’s Law

24
Q

Tumbling

A

rotation on a 360 degree axis

25
Q

Yaw

A

deviation up to 90 degrees from a straight path