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EMS certification requirements for flight nurses.

Michael A Frakes1, Wendy R Lord

  • 1LIFE STAR/Hartford Hospital, 80 Seymour Street, Hartford, CT 06102-5037, USA. mfrakes@harthosp.org

Air Medical Journal
|September 1, 2004
PubMed
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Most flight nurses (FNs) do not require Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) or Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic (EMTP) certification. However, team composition and geographic location influence these certification requirements for flight nurses.

Area of Science:

  • Aviation Medicine
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Nursing Education

Background:

  • Flight nurse (FN) certification requirements for providing on-scene patient care vary.
  • Existing data on Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) or Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic (EMTP) certification for FNs is limited.
  • Understanding these requirements is crucial for standardizing flight nursing practice.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To survey the current Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) or Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic (EMTP) certification requirements for flight nurses (FNs).
  • To evaluate the relationship between flight team composition and FN EMS certification.
  • To assess the impact of program location on FN EMS certification requirements.

Main Methods:

  • A telephone survey was conducted.

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  • The survey included all 184 rotor-wing programs that responded with a nurse to scenes.
  • Data on FN EMS certification and team composition were collected.

    • Main Results:

    • A significant majority of FNs (57.6%) had no EMT or EMTP certification requirement.
    • Only 21.7% were required to have EMT and 14.7% EMTP certification.
    • Team configuration, particularly with an EMTP or Respiratory Therapist (RRT), and geographic region showed significant relationships with FN EMS certification requirements.

    Conclusions:

    • Most flight programs do not mandate EMT or EMTP certification for flight nurses.
    • Flight team composition and geographic factors are significantly associated with EMS certification requirements for FNs.
    • Further research may inform standardized certification pathways.