Network. His research group consists of approximately 40 profes- sionals from the air medical transport industry, including pilots, med- ical crewmembers, air medical communications specialists and rep- resentatives from air medical operators and the FAA. Other inter- ested parties from the nationwide air medical transport community have contributed their time and expertise on an occasional basis. The group uses a modified and expanded version of the JHSAT taxonomy. It is projected that a preliminary statistical analysis of the data generated will be presented at
the Air Medical Transport
Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, FL in October, 2010. It is likely that the findings and recommendations from this research effort will influence changes and improvements to the helicopter EMS indus- try for years to come.
THE 4 DIMENSIONS OF SAFE AIR MEDICAL OPERATIONS
A review of the causes of accidents and the recommendations
for prevention that have been identified reveal that virtually all of the identified causal factors, as well as their associated interventions, fall into one or more of the following four broad categories. 1. Organizational Culture 2. Individual Psychology (the Sharp-enders) 3. Technology 4. Training. The first two categories pertain to the sources of pressures that
may be brought to bear on air medical crew members and which may in some measure compel them to accept or to continue a flight under conditions of elevated risk and in circumstances where they are not comfortable with the conditions.
ONE OF THE GREATEST INFORMAL INFLUENCES ON CULTURE IS THE MANNER IN WHICH EXECUTIVES AND MANAGERS COMMUNICATE
CULTURE The culture of an organization may be defined as the set
of rarely articulated, largely unconscious beliefs, values, norms, and fundamental assumptions that the organization makes about itself, the nature of people in general, and its environment. In effect, culture is the set of “unwritten rules” that govern “accept- able behavior” within and outside of the organization. An organization’s safety culture consists of the team’s
collective attitudes, awareness, philosophy, and behavior with respect to the importance of safety in day-to-day operations. Ideally, it is manifested through a generally held commitment that team members will not compromise safe practices when there is a conflict between being safe and just ‘getting the job done’. All organizations have both formal and informal cultur- al conditioners that influence the safety of their operations.
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