Neurology Flashcards

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Environmental stress checklist - factors that affect flying. Example component that affect medial conditions.

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Altitude: hypoxia and pressure change
Acceleration
Motion sickness
Disorientation
Vibration
Noise
Thermal stress
Smoke/fumes
Fatigue
Time zone shifts

Work through this checklist to brake down how the environment will affect a particular condition

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Neurology schema. Appropriate to determining risk of condition

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Consider if disease is static or progressive or episodic

Can it recur if static

if progressive the what is risk of incapacitation

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Traumatic brain injury and aeromedical disposition

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Risk of post traumatic epilepsy

Risk based on

  • PTA
  • LOC
  • Skull #
  • Depressed #
  • temp neuro deficit
  • contusion/bleed
  • permanent deficits
  • penetrating injury

MInimum 6 month TMUFF after mild with no risk factors
if severe then permanent disqualification

Case by case but

  • moderate 6-24 months
  • severe 2-5 years
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Syncope aeromedical disposition for military

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at initial entry

  • Infrequent episodes of simple vast-vagal syncope is not disqualifying if explained cause
  • recurrent is disqualifying

Trained aircrew
- case by case need MECR

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Headache/migraine aeromedical disposition for military and CASA

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Military

  • minimum 3 months TMUFF after 1st ever headache
  • single migraines with last 3 year disqualifying for recruits
  • any history of recurrent migraines is disqualifying
  • if uncomplicated mild headache that responds to simple analgesia can be considered fit

CASA
- all cases assessed individually

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