Military Critical Care in the Air

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Military aeromedical evacuation occurs in a relatively hypoxic, hypobaric, noisy, vibrating, unclean environment with wide temperature shifts differing significantly from a hospital. Patients are susceptible to physiologic stresses encountered at altitude. The stressors are broadly categorized into two classes: those which can quickly incapacitate the patient and those which can aggravate medical conditions. A review of how these stressors affect patients at altitude and the ground is also offered.

Objectives

Identify the physiological stressors of flight.
Explain how gas laws affect patient physiology at altitude.
Discuss the physical constraints of performing critical care nursing at altitude.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Criteria for Awarding Contact Hours

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for {contactHours} contact hours.

Disclosures

The Nurse Planner has determined that no individuals with the ability to control content of this activity have relevant relationships with ineligible companies.

Activities with pharmacotherapeutic credit are to assist the APRN in fulfilling their education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.