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	Flight surgeon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A flight surgeon is a specialised medical officer in the military, typically the air force.
		Flight surgeons are primarily responsible for the medical treatment and certification of aviation personnel e.g.
		The term "flight surgeon" comes from the era in which all military physicians were referred to as surgeons.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flight_surgeon (422 words)

	Flight Surgeon Badge (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Flight Surgeon Badge is presented to those members of the military who are both qualified medical officers and certified flight surgeons.
		The Basic Flight Surgeon Badge is presented upon completion of initial flight surgeon qualifications while the senior and master versions of the badge are presented based on years of service and number of flight hours performed as a flight surgeon.
		In addition to the Flight Surgeon Badge, the United States Navy and Air Force award the Flight Nurse Badge for those nurses qualified in aerospace medicine and in-flight operations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flight_Surgeon_Badge_(United_States) (511 words)

	USAF Flight Surgeon's Guide: Chapter 26 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		At the operational level, primary course-trained flight surgeons are assigned or attached as special staff officers to aviation battalion headquarters or aviation brigade headquarters, and as aeromedical advisors to other aviation and air traffic control assets co-located with the battalion or brigade(4).
		Army flight surgeons, board-certified in aerospace medicine, are assigned at the operational level in positions of higher responsibility.
		A rotary-winged aircraft is an unstable flight platform that cannot be trimmed to fly itself, requiring the pilot to be actively on the controls during all phases of flight.
	www.brooks.af.mil /af/files/fsguide/html/Chapter_26.html (6648 words)

	Vietnam Studies- Medical Support 1965-1970: Aviation Medicine
		The unit flight dispensary was usually located next to the airfield, often in a unit billeting area, and the flight surgeon and his staff usually lived with the troops that they served.
		The unit flight surgeon's close scrutiny of charts that showed each pilot's flying hours for the previous 30 days, followed by close co-operation among the unit commander, platoon leaders, operations officer, noncommissioned officers, and flight surgeon, proved an invaluable system for collecting data on which the flight surgeon based his final recommendation to the commander.
		It was the duty of the flight surgeons to evaluate the risk of using therapeutic and prophylactic agents against the impact of losing personnel to flying duties while undergoing treatment.
	history.amedd.army.mil /booksdocs/vietnam/medsupp/chpt7.htm (3152 words)

	Results of the Second U.S. Manned Suborbital Space Flight July 21, 1961
		During the insertion procedures, it is the flight surgeon's duty to monitor the suit purge procedure and to stand by to assist the pressure-suit technician or the pilot in any way he can.
		The flight surgeon during this period is in continuous communication with the blockhouse surgeon and is capable of taking certain steps to analyze the cause of biosensor malfunction, should it occur.
		In the case of the MR-4 flight, the pilot seemed to be recovering rapidly from the fatiguing effects of his flight and the postflight water-survival experience.
	www.hq.nasa.gov /office/pao/History/MR-4/chap05.htm (3822 words)

	USAF Flight Surgeon's Guide: Chapter 27 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Naval Flight Surgeon Wings of Gold, awarded upon graduation from this course, signify that the physician is expected to apply a well-rounded medical education with initiative, self confidence and attention to detail to support the assigned unit in meeting its operational commitments.
		Usually the two wing flight surgeons rotate the flight surgeon duty, so that one will always be on board and available for aeromedical problems, flight physicals, mishaps, etc. The other flight surgeon may be flying, delivering briefs to the ready rooms, touring the workspaces, or generally being available to the aircrew.
		Flight surgeons (who may provide the vast majority of physician support at the clinic) participate in routine sick call, aviation physical examinations, and duty in the urgent care clinic; assist with corpsman staff training and participate in committees, and in mass casualty drills.
	www.brooks.af.mil /web/af/files/fsguide/html/Chapter_27.html (4697 words)

	Careers - Interview - USAF Flight Surgeon, Major Victor Folarin
		Flight surgeons must have an excellent understanding of the flying environment of the air crew members, so we are required to fly frequently.
		After a flight surgeon finishes the 7 week program, he or she is assigned to a squadron or unit.
		After the program, the flight surgeon is certified to sit on the boards for both operational medicine and aerospace medicine.
	wings.avkids.com /Careers/flight_surgeon.html (1506 words)

	Dumb Flight Surgeon Tricks
		A flight surgeon is a physician whose patients are pilots, astronauts, or others who fly.
		In the early days of the manned space program, the flight surgeons and other life scientists had many concerns about the ability of humans to function in outer space.
		Flight surgeons and mission planners attempted to ban coffee from Apollo 7 [Schirra, pp.
	www.doctorzebra.com /drz/s_dumbfst.html (1207 words)

	FLIGHT SURGEON'S GUIDELINES - MEDICATIONS AND AIRCREW - Medical Assessment & Training - Defence R&D Canada ...
		One of the functions of the Flight Surgeons is to brief their squadron aircrew on the appropriate use and precautions in the use of drugs, including over-the-counter (OTC) medications and herbal preparations, which aircrew may not consider as "drugs".
		Flight Mission - In military air operations, successful completion of the mission may be of utmost importance, whether it be a tactical fighter sortie during hostilities, or a helicopter search and rescue mission to a sinking freighter in peacetime.
		Flight Surgeons must be aware of the pharmokinetics and side-effect/adverse reaction profiles of any medication which is prescribed to an aircrew.
	www.toronto.drdc-rddc.gc.ca /medical/meds_e.html (4629 words)

	The "flight surgeon" - a pilot's best friend.
		In 1916, a study of British pilots killed in action during WWI revealed that eight had crashed due to mechanical failures, two had been shot down by the enemy, and 90 had crashed because of disorientation and other human factors.
		As a result of these statistics, the Surgeon General's office helped the U.S. Army establish aviation medicine and created physical standards for pilots.
		By the 1920s, doctors trained as "flight surgeons" were performing standardized examinations of all prospective pilots.
	www.entnet.org /museum/funfact5.cfm (269 words)

	Flight surgeon again feels the wind beneath his wings - James F. Thornton, M.D., answers the call as Navy reservist, ...
		James Thornton, a plastic surgeon at a busy university practice, an assistant professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, and the father of four young children, knew something was up when someone from his U.S. Navy Reserve station was on the line.
		"Flight surgeons" are not "surgeons" at all, he said: Rather, they are members of the air crew, who take care of the pilots and their families and conduct accident investigations.
		Thornton was, once again, a flight surgeon, taking the place of a young lieutenant who filled in at a battalion aid station with the U.S. Marines.
	www.cosmeticsurgerytimes.com /cosmeticsurgerytimes/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=98640 (729 words)

	USAF Flight Surgeon's Guide: Chapter 25 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		These three were the first NASA flight surgeons and they served as the original seven astronauts' physicians.(27) They were joined in 1960, by a total of 28 other aeromedical physicians who were selected as medical monitors for the Mercury Project.
		Two flight surgeons from JSC (the Crew and Deputy Crew Surgeon), are assigned to support each Shuttle mission approximately 10 months prior to the projected lift-off date.
		This flight ended as a race against decreasing oxygen supply, increasing carbon dioxide concentrations, and hypothermia, as the crew was forced to power down their makeshift spacecrafts in an attempt to conserve fuel and oxygen.
	wwwsam.brooks.af.mil /af/files/fsguide/HTML/Chapter_25.html (12483 words)

	FLIGHT SURGEON'S GUIDELINES - LIMITED USE OF SSRI/SNRI MEDICATION IN CF AIRCREW - Medical Assessment & Training - ...
		Because of various factors including the stigma associated with psychiatric diagnoses, the prolonged grounding period required for pharmacologic treatment, and the delay in returning to flight duties even after treatment is completed, aircrew are generally reluctant to come forward to discuss depressive symptoms with their Flight Surgeon, and depression is infrequently diagnosed.
		During this period, the Flight Surgeon should liaise with the Head/Central Medical Board regarding the individual's status and potential consideration for return to flying duties.
		Flight Nurses, Flight Med As and Flight Surgeons once stabilized on treatment may be returned to A4 status with the same temporary G4 geographic restrictions as noted above ie requires regular follow-up at minimum three monthly intervals, unfit deployment.
	www.toronto.drdc-rddc.gc.ca /medical/ssri_e.html (1022 words)

	Dr. Sanity: Challenger - A Flight Surgeon Remembers
		As a NASA Flight Surgeon, I had been assigned as the Crew Surgeon for Mission 51-L (noone really wanted the job since many disapproved of having a civilian--the teacher in space--fly on a space mission).
		All of us there (I was at the Surgeon's console, which monitored crew health, and directed emergency medical operations in the case of a catastrophic event on the launchpad, or for an RTLS (return to launch site) abort.
		I had been a general flight surgeon before, and now, for the first time, I began to look at NASA with a psychiatrist's eyes.
	drsanity.blogspot.com /2005/01/challenger-flight-surgeon-remembers.html (2104 words)

	USAF Medical Service Home Page
		He is a chief flight surgeon and is board certified in aerospace medicine by the American Board of Preventive Medicine.
		He was the command surgeon with U.S. Air Force in Europe at Ramstein AB, Germany, where he served as the TRICARE regional director for Europe for one year.
		Before his confirmation by the Senate, Taylor served as special assistant to the surgeon general and was the assistant surgeon general for expeditionary operations, science and technology in the office of the surgeon general.
	airforcemedicine.afms.mil /newsg.htm (451 words)

	Aerospace medicine program flies high
		The NASA flight surgeon spent the duration of Shannon Lucid's mission at the Korolev Flight Control Center near Moscow.
		NASA flight surgeons are trained to perform multiple duties in support of a space mission, according to Stanley Mohler, director of Wright State's Aerospace Medicine Program.
		The crew surgeon continues to perform medical evaluations after the mission is completed to monitor the long-term effects of life in orbit.
	www.wright.edu /news_events/dialogue/march97/aerospace.html (860 words)

	Brown was flight surgeon at Test Pilot School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		While training to be a flight surgeon at Naval Aerospace Medical Institute in Pensacola, Fla., he learned that, if he wanted to, he could also be a pilot.
		That is why flight surgeons fly with the pilots, to gain a certain degree of knowledge about a pilot's life in the sky and a certain amount of trust between the two.
		Being a pilot and a flight surgeon is a tremendous benefit to Brown in that he can prove himself on both sides of the coin.
	www.dcmilitary.com /navy/tester/8_05/national_news/21443-1.html (721 words)

	USAF Flight Surgeon's Guide: Chapter 27 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Although many students who are physically qualified are able to solo, the primary goal of flight training is to expose the student flight surgeon to the hazards and stressors of flight from the perspective of the air crewman.
		A CVW is often the initial assignment for a Naval Flight Surgeon.
		One of the flight surgeons is generally given responsibility for the Flight Deck Battle Dressing Station, which is staffed by two corpsmen during flight operations, and serves as a staging area for flight deck casualties.
	www.brooks.af.mil /af/files/fsguide/HTML/Chapter_27.html (4697 words)

	XU Magazine: Patrick McGinnis
		Flight Surgeon The name harkens back to the Civil War when all military doctors were called surgeons.
		The Practice McGinnis is based at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, where he and a team of 20 flight surgeons operate a family practice clinic that serves the astronauts, test pilots, and engineers.
		Though he wasnât the flight surgeon for the mission, he had treated most of the crew.
	magazine.xu.edu /archives/read_article.cfm?art_id=537 (443 words)

	Oral Histories of World War II: Navy Flight Surgeon on USS Franklin
		My battle station was right in the middle of the flight deck because I was the flight surgeon and was supposed to take care of anything that might happen during flight operations.
		A hearing was held to determine their combat availability and a flight surgeon was needed to check them over.
		As far as the Air Group Officer, who said he would either shoot me or court-martial me, well, he didn't shoot me. He talked about the court-martial a lot but everybody in higher rank on the ship thought it was a really bad idea and made him sound like a damned fool.
	www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq87-3i.htm (3365 words)

	Flight Surgeon Badge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Flight Surgeon Badge is a military insignia which is issued to personnel who are qualified as military flight surgeons.
		Various countries issue the Flight Surgeon Badge to include the following versions:
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flight_Surgeon_Badge (113 words)

	Flight surgeon makes the ultimate cut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		One award in particular, the Quad A Medicine Award or Flight Surgeon of the Year Award, is an award that recognizes the flight surgeon who has best supported the aviation unit and has contributed the most towards the aviation community.
		Capt. Nicole Powell Dunford, Aviation Brigade surgeon, recognized with this award for her outstanding soldiering skills, motivation and hard work she demonstrated in the course of performing her duties this past year.
		Capt. Dunford has certainly proved herself while serving as the Aviation Brigade surgeon, which is usually a major's position, said Rogers.
	www.25id.army.mil /article.asp?artid=5689 (339 words)

	Flight Surgeon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		I flew WSO in F-4E's for 8 years and as a Flight Surgeon in F-16's for 5 years.
		I was a Senior Flight Surgeon and I am now retired from the military and an orthopedic surgeon.
		You will never hear any more about me (unless we are "discussing" war stories or the difference between Army O-1 pilots and weird Navy pilots, who wear buttons on their underpants).
	www.ibdaweb.com /medical_information.htm (622 words)

	Skywrighter.com: People
		This award is given annually to the most outstanding flight surgeon in the command.
		As AFRL’s dynamic environment simulator facility flight surgeon, Borchardt actively recruited a record number of rated aviators and private pilots as participants in groundbreaking research, according to William Albery, team leader for the biodynamics and acceleration branch in the Air Force Research Laboratory Human Effectiveness Directorate.
		Borchardt persuaded the ANG unit to assist in the development of in-flight spatial disorientation training.
	www.skywrighter.com /people/2001/0330/11surgeon.asp (324 words)

	LIEUTENANT GENERAL (DR.) GEORGE PEACH TAYLOR JR. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He was the Command Surgeon with U.S. Air Forces in Europe at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, where he served as the TRICARE Regional Director for Europe for one year.
		Prior to assuming his current position, General Taylor was the Assistant Surgeon General for Expeditionary Operations, Science and Technology, Office of the Surgeon General.
		He has substantial experience in fighter and flight test operations, and has served as a military consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General for Aerospace Medicine.
	www.af.mil /bios/bio_print.asp?bioID=7345&page=1 (776 words)

	MILPERSMAN 1210-030
		Upon designation, Flight Surgeons are authorized to wear the appropriate insignia.
		flight surgeons found by other boards to be incompetent to practice medicine; or
		Chief of Naval Personnel may convene a formal board of senior flight surgeons at BUMED, Washington, D.C. The decision of this board shall be final.
	buperscd.technology.navy.mil /bup_updt/508/milpers/1210-030.htm (388 words)

	NASA Flight Surgeon To Deliver Special Lecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Hamilton, a NASA flight surgeon and biomedical engineer, graduated as a medical doctor from the Faculty of Medicine at the
		University of Calgary in 1991 and, that same year, earned a PhD in cardiovascular physiology at U of C. In his role as a NASA flight surgeon, Hamilton ensures that the astronauts are fit and capable to perform their mission,
		Hamilton is presenting a public lecture on the role of the flight surgeon and space medicine in general.
	www.ucalgary.ca /UofC/events/unicomm/NewsReleases/da_nasa.htm (231 words)

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