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    Overview

    Relating physiology, pathology and flight; general clinical concerns; cardiovascular patients; orthopaedic and trauma patients; burn patients; obstetric patients; aeromedical transport of children; miscellaneous conditions of concern; critical care in the air.

    This practical paper details the clinical and operational aspects of the transfer of critically ill patients by air.

    About this paper

    Paper title Clinical Care in the Air
    Subject Aviation Medicine
    EFTS 0.25
    Points 30 points
    Teaching period Not offered in 2025, expected to be offered in 2026 (Distance learning)
    Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) $3,289.50
    International Tuition Fees Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website.
    Limited to
    MAvMed, MHealSc, PGDipAeroRT, PGDipHealSc
    Eligibility

    Healthcare professionals currently employed, or interested in work, in the aviation medicine industry.

    If you have not already done so, please contact the department for course advice before selecting your programme, oamu@otago.ac.nz.

    Contact

    oamu@otago.ac.nz

    Teaching staff

    Gareth Richards

    Paper Structure

    Additional paper for the Postgraduate Diploma in Aeromedical Retrieval and Transport. Part of the Master of Aviation Medicine (MAvMed)

    Teaching Arrangements

    This is a fully distance-taught paper and is taught in even years in the first semester.

    Textbooks
    Textbooks are not required for this paper.
    Graduate Attributes Emphasised
    Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Environmental literacy, Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation, Teamwork.
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    Learning Outcomes

    Graduates of the paper will be able to:

    1. Apply their knowledge of the effects of the aeromedical environment on patient physiology, and on a variety of clinical pathologies, in order to ​anticipate the potential impacts on patient care during the aeromedical transfer.
    2. Recommend specific clinical actions and modifications to clinical care to address the potential impacts of the aeromedical environment, substantiating their recommendations by reference to the evidence in the literature.
    3. Recommend the appropriate utilisation of aeromedical retrieval in the broader patient transport context for a variety of clinical pathologies, substantiating their recommendations by reference to the evidence in the literature.

    Timetable

    Not offered in 2025, expected to be offered in 2026

    Location
    Wellington
    Teaching method
    This paper is taught through Distance Learning
    Learning management system
    Moodle
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