flight nurse
Sky-based caregiver
A flight nurse is a registered nurse trained in emergency and critical care who provides medical treatment during air transport.
Flight nurses work aboard helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, stabilizing patients during transfers between hospitals or from accident scenes: The flight nurse started an IV before the helicopter lifted off.
Attestation of qualification
- paramedicPrehospital emergency caregiver
- RNCertified healthcare professional
- simulationImitation of real processes
- recertificationRenewing official qualification status
competency · experience · ICU · protocols · physiology
Lasting psychological wound
- triageSeverity-based prioritization
- stabilizeMake firm or constant
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- lifesavingPreserving human existence
evacuation · casualty · dispatch · crash · scene · resuscitation · defibrillator · CPR
Rotary-wing aircraft
- fixed-wingPlane with stationary airfoils
- aircraftAirborne transportation vehicle
- medevacEmergency air transport injured
- aeromedicalRelating to aviation healthcare
pilot · altitude · cockpit · rotor · airspace · turbulence · takeoff · landing
Vein-delivered medication method
- intubationPlacing airway tube
- ventilatorMechanical breathing apparatus
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- vitalsBasic body measurements
sedation · medication · infusion · oxygenation · assessment · documentation · patient-care · catheter
certification
Attestation of qualification
- paramedicPrehospital emergency caregiver
- RNCertified healthcare professional
- simulationImitation of real processes
recertification · competency · experience · ICU · protocols · physiology
trauma
Lasting psychological wound
- triageSeverity-based prioritization
- stabilizeMake firm or constant
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
lifesaving · evacuation · casualty · dispatch · crash · scene · resuscitation · defibrillator · CPR · hemorrhage
helicopter
Rotary-wing aircraft
- fixed-wingPlane with stationary airfoils
- aircraftAirborne transportation vehicle
- medevacEmergency air transport injured
aeromedical · pilot · altitude · cockpit · rotor · airspace · turbulence · takeoff · landing · fuselage
IV
Vein-delivered medication method
- intubationPlacing airway tube
- ventilatorMechanical breathing apparatus
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
vitals · sedation · medication · infusion · oxygenation · assessment · documentation · patient-care · catheter · suction
battlefield
Combat engagement area
- MEDEVACEmergency military airlift
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- woundedHaving sustained harm
Army · corpsman · tactical · dustoff · forward · theater · wartime · veterans
transfer
Move between locations
- rendezvousScheduled meeting at agreed location
- handoffDirect physical exchange
- dispatchSend with speed
hospital · receiving · referring · logistics · coordination · rural · remote · rooftop · helipad · destination
- Emergency MedicineEMT, emergency medicine, EMS, paramedic, paramedics
- aviation jobspilot, airline pilot, copilot, co-pilot, captain
- nursingRN, LPN, LPNs, CNAs, CNA
- Air Force Rolesairman, colonel, general, major, lieutenant
- air rescuemedevac, air ambulance, helicopter rescue, airlift, medevac helicopter
- Emergency MedicsEMT, paramedic, first responder, emergency physician, ER doctor