Clinical Crew Preflight Risk Assessment & Fatigue Management: A Global Perspective and Novel Approach

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

08:30 – 09:30 MST

Location: 254 B

Earn 1.0 credits - CAPCE; Nursing; CME; MTSP-C CE credit

Kevin Morris, BS, NRP, FP-C (he/him/his)

Regional Manager of Patient Safety
Global Medical Response

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Kara Hernandez, Registered Nurse

Emergency Department Manager
Saint Peter's Health
Helena, Montana

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):

Kevin Morris, BS, NRP, FP-C: No financial relationships to disclose

Kara Hernandez, Registered Nurse: No financial relationships to disclose

Learn about a novel holistic approach to clinical crew preflight risk assessment and fatigue management. The core of this approach takes into account the many aspects of fatigue and risk management and forms them into a cohesive, actionable tool measuring acute physical fatigue, cognitive fatigue, and combined fatigue. When combined with our assessment of team experience, time of day, night vision equipment use, and other factors, this creates an empowering tool to manage risk at the frontline. Attendees will leave with an outline for a low-cost, functional tool for preflight risk assessment and fatigue management.

Learning Objectives:

identify the three primary types of fatigue and define how they impact air medical transport providers.
describe other factors contributing to risk in air medical transport, including: IMSAFE, primary and secondary windows of circadian low, platform-specific experience level, and night vision equipment use.
construct an outline for assessing individual preflight risk with go/no-go criteria.