CAMATA COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔What should be secured before transport? - ✔✔Airway, IVs, tubes, lines, equipment,
wounds
✔✔What is IPCP? - ✔✔Infection Prevention and Control Program
✔✔When perform hand hygiene? - ✔✔Before care, after fluids/contamination, between
patients/procedures, after gloves
✔✔What are transmission routes? - ✔✔Airborne, droplet, direct contact, indirect contact
✔✔What are airborne examples? - ✔✔TB, measles, chickenpox, SARS
✔✔What are droplet examples? - ✔✔Pneumonia, pertussis, Group A strep, influenza,
mumps, meningitis
✔✔What are contact examples? - ✔✔MRSA, enteric infections, parasites, wound
infections, HIV, hepatitis
✔✔What PPE for airborne? - ✔✔N95 plus full PPE
✔✔What PPE for droplet? - ✔✔Surgical mask and gloves plus standard precautions
✔✔What PPE for contact? - ✔✔Gloves and gown plus standard precautions
✔✔If route unknown, use what precautions? - ✔✔Airborne
✔✔How long air exchange for pressurized aircraft? - ✔✔Minimum 20 minutes or one
complete air exchange
, ✔✔What immunizations are listed for air med personnel? - ✔✔Tdap q10yr, TB
screening, MMR, annual influenza, Hep B, travel vaccines as needed
✔✔What does PAN PAN mean? - ✔✔Urgency call; priority except distress
✔✔What does MAYDAY mean? - ✔✔Distress/grave danger call
✔✔What follows PAN PAN or MAYDAY? - ✔✔Aircraft identification three times
✔✔What distress frequency is used? - ✔✔121.5 MHz
✔✔What does ELT stand for? - ✔✔Emergency Locator Transmitter
✔✔What activates ELT? - ✔✔Impact greater than 4 Gs
✔✔What ELT frequencies are used? - ✔✔121.5 MHz and 406 MHz
✔✔What position should ELT switch be in? - ✔✔Armed
✔✔What is sterile cockpit? - ✔✔No non-essential conversation during high workload
phases
✔✔When is sterile cockpit required? - ✔✔Takeoff, landing, IFR approach, air traffic
areas, emergencies, poor weather
✔✔What does CCC stand for? - ✔✔Central Communication Centre
✔✔Who is responsible for flight following? - ✔✔Air operator
✔✔What does AMRM stand for? - ✔✔Air Medical Resource Management
✔✔What is AMRM's goal? - ✔✔Improve teamwork, communication, human factors
awareness, and safety culture
✔✔What are the three aircraft communication systems? - ✔✔Aviation radio, intercom,
medical radio
✔✔What is A-Z used for in aviation communication? - ✔✔International phonetic
alphabet for clarity
✔✔What is 5 pronounced as in aviation? - ✔✔FIFE
✔✔What is 9 pronounced as in aviation? - ✔✔NIN-er
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔What should be secured before transport? - ✔✔Airway, IVs, tubes, lines, equipment,
wounds
✔✔What is IPCP? - ✔✔Infection Prevention and Control Program
✔✔When perform hand hygiene? - ✔✔Before care, after fluids/contamination, between
patients/procedures, after gloves
✔✔What are transmission routes? - ✔✔Airborne, droplet, direct contact, indirect contact
✔✔What are airborne examples? - ✔✔TB, measles, chickenpox, SARS
✔✔What are droplet examples? - ✔✔Pneumonia, pertussis, Group A strep, influenza,
mumps, meningitis
✔✔What are contact examples? - ✔✔MRSA, enteric infections, parasites, wound
infections, HIV, hepatitis
✔✔What PPE for airborne? - ✔✔N95 plus full PPE
✔✔What PPE for droplet? - ✔✔Surgical mask and gloves plus standard precautions
✔✔What PPE for contact? - ✔✔Gloves and gown plus standard precautions
✔✔If route unknown, use what precautions? - ✔✔Airborne
✔✔How long air exchange for pressurized aircraft? - ✔✔Minimum 20 minutes or one
complete air exchange
, ✔✔What immunizations are listed for air med personnel? - ✔✔Tdap q10yr, TB
screening, MMR, annual influenza, Hep B, travel vaccines as needed
✔✔What does PAN PAN mean? - ✔✔Urgency call; priority except distress
✔✔What does MAYDAY mean? - ✔✔Distress/grave danger call
✔✔What follows PAN PAN or MAYDAY? - ✔✔Aircraft identification three times
✔✔What distress frequency is used? - ✔✔121.5 MHz
✔✔What does ELT stand for? - ✔✔Emergency Locator Transmitter
✔✔What activates ELT? - ✔✔Impact greater than 4 Gs
✔✔What ELT frequencies are used? - ✔✔121.5 MHz and 406 MHz
✔✔What position should ELT switch be in? - ✔✔Armed
✔✔What is sterile cockpit? - ✔✔No non-essential conversation during high workload
phases
✔✔When is sterile cockpit required? - ✔✔Takeoff, landing, IFR approach, air traffic
areas, emergencies, poor weather
✔✔What does CCC stand for? - ✔✔Central Communication Centre
✔✔Who is responsible for flight following? - ✔✔Air operator
✔✔What does AMRM stand for? - ✔✔Air Medical Resource Management
✔✔What is AMRM's goal? - ✔✔Improve teamwork, communication, human factors
awareness, and safety culture
✔✔What are the three aircraft communication systems? - ✔✔Aviation radio, intercom,
medical radio
✔✔What is A-Z used for in aviation communication? - ✔✔International phonetic
alphabet for clarity
✔✔What is 5 pronounced as in aviation? - ✔✔FIFE
✔✔What is 9 pronounced as in aviation? - ✔✔NIN-er
