Description
watch the PowerPoint Lecture for Chapter 18-19 along with the Emergency Medical Services and Body and Property Management Instructor notes (docx).
Power Point link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1sq18pplxU5...
Questions
1 – Discuss in detail the five objectives of medical investigations explaining why each is critical in aircraft
accident investigation. (Don’t just identify – explain/justify your answer)
2 -What are the tree types of medical treatment which may be offered to an aircraft survivor. Describe
each, what is done during this type of treatment, where is it done? Include the body tagging
requirements and tag color and transportation meaning.
3 – Why is it important to have a transportation officer overseeing the transportation of survivors or
deceased? Who is in charge of the body management and why?
4 – Discuss the importance of the “Chain of Command “ in both Body and Property management,
concentrating on Recovery (both Body & Property) identification, and distribution. Who is in control of
these functions and why should enter into your thought process and explanation?
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Running head: AIRCRAFT CRASH & EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Aircraft Crash & Emergency Management
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EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
1. Discuss in detail the five objectives of medical investigations explaining why each is
critical in aircraft accident investigation. (Don’t just identify – explain/justify your
answer)
The objective of the medical investigation is to determine the medical facts of the crew
members as major or minor factors in the crash. Members of the crew get inspected for any
physical irregularities such as cardiovascular, neurological, and respiratory illnesses. The
presence of chemical toxins such as alcohol, drugs, toxic gases such as carbon monoxide, and
lactic acid present in the bodies of crew members may significantly affect the stability of their
nervous system and thereby causing a crash.
Medical investigations aid in the recovery of victims. The team is responsible for the
recovery of survivors and fatalities and their property and conducting investigations from the
physical location of each victim. This is important as it shows medical teams the degree of injury
of each victim.
Identification of the victims is an objective of medical investigations. The investigations get
carried out on civil aspects and criminal aspects. The civil aspects entail insurance of the aircraft,
estate, and compensation of the injured employees (Hepner et...