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CDC - 4N051 Vol 3A
Aerospace Medical Technician
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03/24/2015

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Term
Which of the following mishap investigation responsibilities would reside with the flight
surgeon and not the MAJCOM?
Definition
Identify and prevent future mishaps
Term
Locally, who is responsible for implementing safe practices to prevent mishaps?
Definition
Each individual
Term
Specifically, who makes the final determination on return to flying status when aircrew are
treated in other clinics?
Definition
Any flight surgeon
Term
Which of the following is a unique characteristic of the solid propellant used in most missile
systems?
Definition
Once ignited, it cannot be extinguished.
Term
Which of the following concerns would be considered primary physical hazards for
personnel assigned to Missile Alert Facilities?
Definition
Sanitation, food, water and facility safety
Term
What are the primary operational hazards for personnel who work at a Missile Alert Facility
or Launch Facility?
Definition
Motor vehicle accidents and the environment
Term
Record mishaps as aircraft flight mishaps when
Definition
there is an intent for flight.
Term
Whenever a mishap results in reportable damage of $1,000,000 or more, you must report it as
what class of mishap?
Definition
A
Term
If an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle crashes in Afghanistan, what is the procedure for
determining whether it is reportable as an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle mishap?
Definition
Determine if another DoD aircraft was involved.
Term
When responding to a mishap, you should approach the scene from what direction?
Definition
Upwind.
Term
What action should you take prior to removing human remains from the scene of an aircraft
mishap?
Definition
Photograph the site.
Term
What solution should you use when preparing tissue and skin samples for autopsy analysis?
Definition
Betadine.
Term
What steps need to be completed before completing an aircraft mishap report?
Definition
Compile all necessary data
Term
How should you report an event that is categorized as a physiological episode?
Definition
Class E mishap
Term
Class E Physiological events are reported by message using the format found in
Definition
AFI 91–204, Safety Investigations and Reports
Term
The overall purpose of flight line visits is to
Definition
promote flying safety.
Term
What is your specific responsibility to the Life Support Section?
Definition
Provide advice to unit personnel of protective equipment programs
Term
Which of the following are all rated officers?
Definition
Navigators, pilots, and flight surgeons
Term
What do you do with the original AF Form 1042 after it is completed?
Definition
File it in the individual's health record
Term
How many years must the AF Form 1041 be kept on file?
Definition
Two.
Term
Who is responsible to train aircrew in the emergency removal of soft contacts lenses?
Definition
Optometry.
Term
What steps are necessary to a safe and productive soft contact lens program?
Definition
Identification, documentation and evaluation
Term
What is the primary device a computer uses to store information?
Definition
Hard disk drive.
Term
What program emphasizes information protection precepts and promotes consistent
application of security principles in the use of Air Force information systems?
Definition
SATE.
Term
What administrative tool shows every record series maintained for an office of record?
Definition
Files plan.
Term
What is the purpose of the Physical Examinations Processing Program?
Definition
Track physical exams for flying and special operations personnel.
Term
Once you arrive at the Knowledge Exchange webpage, what should be the next step to
begin training on the Physical Examinations Processing Program database?
Definition
Click on the "Aerospace Medicine" tab.
Term
What step must you take before you can use the Physical Examinations Processing Program
database?
Definition
Set up an account through the Air Force Portal
Term
When you input medical information on military member into Preventive Health
Assessment Individual Medical Readiness program, to what system does it connect?
Definition
AFCHIPS.
Term
What can you determine when you review a military member's Individual Medical
Readiness status is yellow?
Definition
Items are outdated or need attention.
Term
A supervisor has access to what additional tabs in the Air Force Complete Immunizations
Tracking Application (AFCITA)?
Definition
Set up and Data Management
Term
What step should you take if you have a patient that experiences an adverse reaction?
Definition
Go to the menu bar to access the VAERS website?
Term
What steps might you need to take before you can access Air Force Complete
Immunizations Tracking Application?
Definition
You must see your local AFCITA program manager, have an account established and have the
program loaded on your computer.
Term
What function does the Aeromedical Information Management Waiver Tracking System
serve?
Definition
Tracks waivers for personnel on flying or special operations status
Term
What step must you complete first to complete initial waivers within Aeromedical
Information Management Waiver Tracking System?
Definition
Enter the patient's demographics.
Term
What do you do once the Aeromedical Information Management Waiver Tracking System
process is completed?
Definition
Place information in patient record
Term
The medical standards, the frequency, scope and instructions for completing required
physical examinations properly are specified in
Definition
AFI 48–123
Term
During a physical examination, the depth of evaluation of any body system depends
primarily on the
Definition
type of medical examination.
Term
The format and procedures for conducting and recording a physical examination are found
in
Definition
AFPAM 48–133.
Term
Where is the AF Form 422 established on officers entering the Air Force?
Definition
First permanent duty station
Term
Members with 4T profiles must have the AF Form 422 reviewed every
Definition
30 days
Term
How many human function factors are considered in the physical profile serial?
Definition
Six.
Term
Which factor would apply to an individual who has organic defects of the ears?
Definition
P⎯physical condition.
Term
What is the main consideration under the E physical profile factor?
Definition
Distant visual acuity only.
Term
A strength aptitude test is rated in which profile factor?
Definition
X.
Term
What organization authorizes an L suffix on AF Form 422?
Definition
HQ AFPC.
Term
Members may be retained on the temporary disability retired list for no more than
Definition
5 years.
Term
What is the first step in the Air Force disability evaluation process?
Definition
Initiate a MEB.
Term
When would disability compensation not be authorized?
Definition
Injury occurred during an unauthorized absence
Term
What step must be taken if a military member has been discharged after being admitted to a
hospital?
Definition
Records must be reviewed to identify correct profile actions.
Term
What should you do if potentially disqualifying information is discovered during a records
review?
Definition
Refer the case to a flight surgeon
Term
Who owns the health records?
Definition
United States government
Term
What must occur to ensure health records are maintained according to Air Force and Joint
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations standards?
Definition
MTF reviews
Term
Where is the original medical record maintained on deployed active duty and ARC
personnel?
Definition
Home base MTF.
Term
In which section of the outpatient record is every completed SF 600 filed?
Definition
Two
Term
You encounter a record of a member on flying status that has not been identified correctly.
What steps should you take to make the record identifiable as a member on Flying Status?
Definition
Stamp the word "Fly" in 2 inch block letters in the upper left corner of the front cover.
Term
In what division of the atmosphere will the phenomena of weather mostly occur?
Definition
Troposphere.
Term
Where is the greatest barometric pressure found?
Definition
Troposphere
Term
As altitude increases, barometric pressure will
Definition
decrease.
Term
What method of measuring altitude is used to measure the distance from the aircraft to the
ground directly below it?
Definition
Absolute altitude
Term
What gas law explains the way in which ascent to altitude induces hypoxia?
Definition
Dalton's law.
Term
What is the main contributing factor to in-flight noise?
Definition
Air rushing over the canopy
Term
The best description of in-flight noise is it
Definition
increases with airspeed and decreases with altitude
Term
What environmental stress has the greatest influence on G intolerance?
Definition
Heat
Term
Special diet control is important to many aircrew members because it
Definition
reduces the incidence of gas pains.
Term
What causes an aircrew member's circadian rhythm to be affected on a cross-country flight?
Definition
Crossing of time zones.
Term
Airsickness during pilot training is usually due to
Definition
lack of adaptation
Term
What is the most common type of hypoxia seen in aircrew members and is often referred to
Definition
Hypoxic hypoxia
Term
What type of hypoxia may be caused by alcohol abuse?
Definition
Histotoxic.
Term
The cardiovascular and respiratory systems may compensate for hypoxia at altitudes up to
how many feet?
Definition
10,000.
Term
What is the prime consideration when treating hypoxia?
Definition
Providing the aircrew member with adequate oxygen.
Term
What is the most effective treatment for hyperventilation?
Definition
Reducing the rate and depth of breathing
Term
Hypoxia is most frequently caused by
Definition
equipment malfunction
Term
Which of the following is not a factor of decompression sickness?
Definition
Rate of descent.
Term
How are occurrences of decompression sickness symptoms relative to age?
Definition
Increases with age.
Term
How many hours should an individual wait to fly following diving activities?
Definition
24.
Term
What are the usual sites for bends pain?
Definition
Shoulders, elbows, knees, and ankles
Term
Which symptom is the most specific early symptom of the chokes?
Definition
Substernal pain.
Term
What key symptom differentiates chokes and false chokes?
Definition
Sharp substernal pain.
Term
Which sensation is not associated with skin manifestations of decompression sickness?
Definition
Numbness
Term
One method of protecting aircrew members against decompression sickness is by restricting
aerial flight to what maximum cabin altitude?
Definition
FL 250.
Term
What is the best way to administer oxygen while treating decompression sickness?
Definition
Aviator's mask
Term
What is the maximum flying altitude for unpressurized aircraft when transporting a patient
suffering decompression sickness?
Definition
1,000 feet
Term
How many hours must an individual not fly following complete resolution of symptoms of
the bends?
Definition
72
Term
Positive G forces affect the diaphragm by doing what to the viscera?
Definition
Push them down.
Term
In what direction are negative G forces applied?
Definition
Foot-to-head.
Term
The anti-G straining maneuver is performed during the
Definition
expiratory phase against a completely closed glottis.
Term
Which of the senses of orientation is considered to be reliable in flight?
Definition
Visual.
Term
What sensory system is often referred to as the "seat of the pants" sense?
Definition
Proprioceptive.
Term
What is the most common sensory illusion resulting from stimulation of the semicircular
canals?
Definition
The leans
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