Title Page
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Site conducted
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Air Medevac SOP
Objective
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Does the organization have a documented SOP for the process being inspected?
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Are the SOP activities associated with any GCMC policies?
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Name these policies and sections relating to this SOP
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How would you rate the clarity and comprehensiveness of the SOP?
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Can you provide examples the SOP is being followed?
Scope and Definitions 3.
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Is there a system in place to regularly review and update the SOP?
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When was the last time the SOP was revised?
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Is there a specific procedure for risk assessing deviations from the Medevac SOP?
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Has a GAP analysis been performed between the BARS Standards and SOP
Responsibilities 4.
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Are Flight Crew duties and responsibilities clearly defined and understood?
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Are helpers Ground crew engineers informed of GCMC privacy policies?
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Is Mine management or designate populating Appendix G Incident Time Log?
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Where are completed appendix D's kept and for how long
Training 5.
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How many employees have been trained on the SOP?
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Do the Employee's trained in the SOP understand their specific roles as may be assigned?
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Are helpers as defined in the SOP trained in loading and unloading of stretcher kits?
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Are engineers and Ground Crew trained in the preparation of aircraft assigned to medevac duties
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Are all personnel involved with medevac operations trained in accordance with their responsibilities?
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Are the responsibilities for personnel well defined and understood?
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Are training records kept for all personnel?
Medevac Procedures 6.
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Is the Medevac SOP available at Airops for quick reference?
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Are the Civil Twilight tables current for 2024 and readily available for quick reference?
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Has there always been an aircraft in the Galore valley available for Medevac flights?
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Is the initial call up form Appendix D of the Medevac SOP populated with the required information during an incident?
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Where are these forms kept and for how long?
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Has the assigned medevac helicopter been re-positioned for re-fueling and flight planning.
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Is Flight Planning Appendix F filled in with flight plan information prior to commencing a medevac flight?
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Where are these forms kept and for how long?
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Are Pilots using Appendix E (Pilot Checklist) prior to departure or as part of their flight planning?
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Is Appendix B carried in the aircraft?
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Do Medevac Aircraft have approved Litter Kit?
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Have aircraft litter kits and Medic spine boards been assessed for compatibility?
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Has training been conducted for the installation and use of litter kit?
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Is there a method of securing medical equipment onboard the aircraft?
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Does this method meet any regulatory or company policies regarding the carriage of onboard medical equip.?
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Are medics trained how to load medical equipment?
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Is there sufficient separation of onboard responsibilities between pilot and medic/patient to prevent interference with Flight Crew duties?
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Does the low level inclement weather medevac routing (Dease Lk.) provide low level hazard to navigation/obstacle information?
Hospital Selection
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Is BC Ambulance avaialble to meet medevac flights at the Terrace Airport
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How was patient transported to hospital?
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Do we know ho BC Ambulance priortizes medical transfers?
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Has the BC Ambulance service reviewed a copy of our SOP?
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How will the Patient be transported in the event BC Ambulance is not available for transfer?
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Aircraft Accident Multiple Patients
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Are there reciprocal mutual aid agreements in place with outside organizations?
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Do these organizations have copies of the GCMC Medevac SOP
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Do these organizations have site specific information for visiting aircraft? ie: (rdo freq. co-ordinates)
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Does GCMC share its ready status about onsite resources with outside orgs. identified in SOP?
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Triage transport priority tags, where are these tags kept?
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Are they affixed in a manner that will not present a FOD hazard to arriving & departing aircraft?
Aircraft Selection 6.6
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Are patients taller than 6' capable of being medevac'd in the AS 350 Astar?
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What are the restrictions to using the AStar with patients over 6' tall?
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How would a taller non-ambulatory patient get air evac'd from the field?
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Is the Project Bell 212 equipped for Medevac flights?
Emergency Crash Boxes 6.7
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Are the ECB's inspected?
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How often are the ECB inspected?
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Where are the records for ECB inspections kept and for how long?
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Is the Lifting rigging for ECB's Inspected
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Are the weights of ECB's attached to and visible?
Aviation Weather Briefing 6.8
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Are the links to websites for weather planning current?
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How often are these links validated?
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Is all the relevant Wx. planning information in one place ?
Appendices
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Appendix A Contact List Summary, are all the contacts current and working?
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How often is the contact list validated?
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Appendix B Medical Evacuation Flowchart, Incident Command:
Appendix B Medical Evacuation Flowchart, Incident Command
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During Internet shutdown are Comm's available at Airops?
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Will the Medic's shack have internet available during an internet shutdown.
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Will the main office have internet during a general shutdown?
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Does the Incident Command Flow Chart contain all the necessary information in one place?
Appendix B Medical Evacuation Flowchart, Medic
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Are "Helpers" trained?
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Are Helpers identified and tagged as to location on a daily basis?
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Are there designated type 3 medics to assume duties of departing medic?
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Are there a sufficient number of drop bags onsite to maintain operations?
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Do helpers know about drop packs included for helpers
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How are helper drop packs tracked
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Does Medic SOP Flow Chart contain all the necessary information in one place?
Appendix B - Dispatch and Helicopter
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Does the Dispatch and Helicopter SOP Flow Chart contain all the necessary information in one place?
SOP Effectiveness
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Are annual Table Top exercises performed to validate SOP procedures?
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Does SOP align with associated GCMC policies?
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Describe SOP controlling policies
