AIR METHODS CRITICAL CARE UPDATED EXAMS
SCRIPT ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Emergency drill training is a requirement of the FARs. Name at least 3 of the items
required to be trained. - ✔✔-Emergency Assignments
-Operation of Emergency Equipment
-Handling of Emergency Situations
-Ect
(FAR 135.331)
✔✔GOM - ✔✔
✔✔Who is responsible to notify the CDHO of accidents, incidents, or others significant
events? - ✔✔Director of Operations (GOM 1.3.1)
✔✔How does the Chief Pilot maintain a current copy of the manual in all aircraft and on
the portal? - ✔✔Paper copy in each aircraft and an electronic copy at each base. (GOM
Section 1)
✔✔Who manages the OCC? - ✔✔The director of Risk and Compliance (GOM
✔✔Who must develop the adverse weather plan? - ✔✔Program Aviation Manager
(GOM 1.3.8)
,✔✔Who maintains the responsibility for the cleanliness of the aircraft exterior and
cockpit? - ✔✔Pilot-In-Command (PIC) (GOM 1.3.11)
✔✔What section of the GOM covers general flight operations? - ✔✔Section 2
✔✔Where is the EMI/EFI Flight Test Profile found? - ✔✔
✔✔When shall the W&B information be entered on the DFL/Load manifest? - ✔✔-
Takeoff and max weights will be entered for all flights, except maintenance, training,
ferry and re position flights.
-To facilitate situational awareness the pilot may record time, weight and balance data
either
immediately on the DFL itself, or on another location (e.g. Trip Sheet from Section 4),
then transfer it to the DFL at a safer time but no later than the completion of the last leg
of the current flight.
(GOM 2-13)
✔✔When encountering deteriorating weather enroute while VFR, what options are
available in accordance with the Air Methods GOM? - ✔✔-Divert to an alternate
airport/heliport or other suitable area where the patient(s) can be
transferred
-Return to the departure point, if practical.
-Land and notify dispatch or hospital personnel of the situation
-Execute the IIMC procedure in Section 2 of this manual if the preceding options are not
available.
(GOM 2-16)
✔✔What 16 documents must be onboard? - ✔✔- Air Methods' General Operations
Manual (Including Operations Specifications)
- Aircraft Maintenance Log
- Airworthiness Certificate (displayed at the cabin door or cockpit entrance so that it is
legible to
passengers and crew)
- Aircraft Registration
- Aircraft Status Report retrievable from 411
- Airplane or Rotorcraft Flight Manual
- Appropriate and current aeronautical charts for VFR or IFR operations
- One passenger briefing card per seat at a location convenient for the use of each
passenger.
The passenger briefing cards shall be appropriate for the aircraft configuration.
- Cockpit Checklist (meeting the requirements of 135.83)
- Daily Flight Log
- Deferred Discrepancy Report
- FCC radio station license (when required)
, -IIMC Procedure, as applicable
- Minimum Equipment List (If applicable)
- Pilots Maintenance and Servicing Procedures
- Weight and balance information
- Hazardous Materials Manual
(GOM 2-17)
✔✔If a pilot declares and emergency, who shall he report to? - ✔✔Director of
Operations and/or Chief Pilot who will forward it to the FAA no later than ten (10)
business days after the day of the deviation. (GOM 2-19)
✔✔If a flight is going to take a pilot beyond 14 hrs duty time, how far can a pilot go? -
✔✔IAW 135.267(d). See (GOM 2.24.1)
✔✔During hot refueling, a pilot trained in this procedure may go how far from the aircraft
for the purpose of retrieving the fuel nozzle? - ✔✔-Without Medical Personnel the pilot
may go beyond the rotor arc of the aircraft to retrieve the fuel nozzle, bonding cables or
secure the previously mentioned items.
-30 ft beyond the rotor arc with medical personnel
(GOM 2.25.3- 2.25.4)
✔✔Is the IIMC Procedure Template required to be posted at the respective base,
available to the pilot or both? - ✔✔Yes (GOM 2.37)
✔✔What are the steps used to maintain aircraft control during IIMC recovery? - ✔✔-
Attitude (Level)
-Heading (Turn only to avoid known obstacles)
-Power (Adjust to climb power)
-Airspeed (Adjust to climb airspeed)
(GOM 2.37)
✔✔When requesting assistance from ATC during IIMC, what are the two types of
request that should be made and in what order? - ✔✔- Radar vectors to VMC
conditions.
- Vectors to the closest approach.
Asked in order of preference.
(GOM 2.37)
✔✔What are the steps involved in the IIMC recovery procedure? - ✔✔-Maintain Aircraft
Control.
-Climb to the minimum safe altitude (MSA) to clear all obstacles in the area.
- De-goggle when safely able (if appropriate).
SCRIPT ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Emergency drill training is a requirement of the FARs. Name at least 3 of the items
required to be trained. - ✔✔-Emergency Assignments
-Operation of Emergency Equipment
-Handling of Emergency Situations
-Ect
(FAR 135.331)
✔✔GOM - ✔✔
✔✔Who is responsible to notify the CDHO of accidents, incidents, or others significant
events? - ✔✔Director of Operations (GOM 1.3.1)
✔✔How does the Chief Pilot maintain a current copy of the manual in all aircraft and on
the portal? - ✔✔Paper copy in each aircraft and an electronic copy at each base. (GOM
Section 1)
✔✔Who manages the OCC? - ✔✔The director of Risk and Compliance (GOM
✔✔Who must develop the adverse weather plan? - ✔✔Program Aviation Manager
(GOM 1.3.8)
,✔✔Who maintains the responsibility for the cleanliness of the aircraft exterior and
cockpit? - ✔✔Pilot-In-Command (PIC) (GOM 1.3.11)
✔✔What section of the GOM covers general flight operations? - ✔✔Section 2
✔✔Where is the EMI/EFI Flight Test Profile found? - ✔✔
✔✔When shall the W&B information be entered on the DFL/Load manifest? - ✔✔-
Takeoff and max weights will be entered for all flights, except maintenance, training,
ferry and re position flights.
-To facilitate situational awareness the pilot may record time, weight and balance data
either
immediately on the DFL itself, or on another location (e.g. Trip Sheet from Section 4),
then transfer it to the DFL at a safer time but no later than the completion of the last leg
of the current flight.
(GOM 2-13)
✔✔When encountering deteriorating weather enroute while VFR, what options are
available in accordance with the Air Methods GOM? - ✔✔-Divert to an alternate
airport/heliport or other suitable area where the patient(s) can be
transferred
-Return to the departure point, if practical.
-Land and notify dispatch or hospital personnel of the situation
-Execute the IIMC procedure in Section 2 of this manual if the preceding options are not
available.
(GOM 2-16)
✔✔What 16 documents must be onboard? - ✔✔- Air Methods' General Operations
Manual (Including Operations Specifications)
- Aircraft Maintenance Log
- Airworthiness Certificate (displayed at the cabin door or cockpit entrance so that it is
legible to
passengers and crew)
- Aircraft Registration
- Aircraft Status Report retrievable from 411
- Airplane or Rotorcraft Flight Manual
- Appropriate and current aeronautical charts for VFR or IFR operations
- One passenger briefing card per seat at a location convenient for the use of each
passenger.
The passenger briefing cards shall be appropriate for the aircraft configuration.
- Cockpit Checklist (meeting the requirements of 135.83)
- Daily Flight Log
- Deferred Discrepancy Report
- FCC radio station license (when required)
, -IIMC Procedure, as applicable
- Minimum Equipment List (If applicable)
- Pilots Maintenance and Servicing Procedures
- Weight and balance information
- Hazardous Materials Manual
(GOM 2-17)
✔✔If a pilot declares and emergency, who shall he report to? - ✔✔Director of
Operations and/or Chief Pilot who will forward it to the FAA no later than ten (10)
business days after the day of the deviation. (GOM 2-19)
✔✔If a flight is going to take a pilot beyond 14 hrs duty time, how far can a pilot go? -
✔✔IAW 135.267(d). See (GOM 2.24.1)
✔✔During hot refueling, a pilot trained in this procedure may go how far from the aircraft
for the purpose of retrieving the fuel nozzle? - ✔✔-Without Medical Personnel the pilot
may go beyond the rotor arc of the aircraft to retrieve the fuel nozzle, bonding cables or
secure the previously mentioned items.
-30 ft beyond the rotor arc with medical personnel
(GOM 2.25.3- 2.25.4)
✔✔Is the IIMC Procedure Template required to be posted at the respective base,
available to the pilot or both? - ✔✔Yes (GOM 2.37)
✔✔What are the steps used to maintain aircraft control during IIMC recovery? - ✔✔-
Attitude (Level)
-Heading (Turn only to avoid known obstacles)
-Power (Adjust to climb power)
-Airspeed (Adjust to climb airspeed)
(GOM 2.37)
✔✔When requesting assistance from ATC during IIMC, what are the two types of
request that should be made and in what order? - ✔✔- Radar vectors to VMC
conditions.
- Vectors to the closest approach.
Asked in order of preference.
(GOM 2.37)
✔✔What are the steps involved in the IIMC recovery procedure? - ✔✔-Maintain Aircraft
Control.
-Climb to the minimum safe altitude (MSA) to clear all obstacles in the area.
- De-goggle when safely able (if appropriate).
