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Federal Air Surgeon's Medical Bulletin • Vol Federal Air Surgeon’s Medical Bulletin Aviation Safety Through Aerospace Medicine For FAA Aviation Medical Examiners, Office of Aerospace Medicine Personnel, Flight Standards Inspectors, and Other Aviation Professionals. Vol. 52, No. 2 2014-2 CONTENTS Federal Air Surgeon’s Medical Bulletin NEW AEROSPacE MEDICINE LEADERS ANNOUNCED -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 From the Office of Aerospace Medicine Library of Congress ISSN 1545-1518 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 FROM THE FEDERAL AIR SURGEON’S PERSPECTIVE-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3 Federal Air Surgeon ECG NORMAL VARIANT LIST - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 James R. Fraser, MD, MPH AVIATION MEDIcal EXAMINER INFORMATION LINKS - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 Editor NEW PROTOCOL FOR DIABETES MEDIcaTIONS -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 Michael E. Wayda, BS OAM PHYSICIANS ON CALL, PART 4- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 The Federal Air Surgeon’s Medical COARCTATION OF THE AORTA (CASE REPORT) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8 Bulletin is published quarterly for aviation medical examiners and CEREBRAL CAVERNOUS MALFORMATION (CASE REPORT)-- -- -- -- -- -- 10 others interested in aviation safety ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA (CASE REPORT)- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 12 and aviation medicine. The Bulletin is prepared by the FAA’s Civil CAMI’S POSTMORTEM AVIATION TOXICOLOGY COLLOQUIUM - - - - 13 Aerospace Medical Institute, with (PHANTOM) LETTERS TO THE EDITOR -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 14 policy guidance and support from the NEW:AME SEMINAR SCHEDULED FOR MUNICH, GERMANY- - - - - 15 Office of Aerospace Medicine. Authors may submit articles and photos for 2014 AME SEMINAR SCHEDULE-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 15 publication to: FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute P.O. Box 25082, AAM-400 Page 2 Page 4 Oklahoma City, OK 73125 Attention: Editor, FASMB Email: [email protected] Page 16 The Federal Air Surgeon's Medical Bulletin • Vol. 51, No. 4 New Aerospace Medicine Leaders Announced AA Office of Aviation Safety Associate Administrator Medicine and served as the Senior Medical Officer onboard the FPeggy Gilligan welcomed two new members to the se- aircraft carrier U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt, supervising a med- nior leadership staff on March 13 to fill vacant positions. “I’m ical staff of 62 in a medical department that included a 67-bed pleased to announce the selection hospital. He held other senior leadership positions and retired of Dr. Jim Fraser as the new as Captain. “I believe the Navy provided me with incredible Federal Air Surgeon (AAM-1) opportunities that prepared me well for my present duties and and Dr. Mike Berry as the new responsibilities, and I would do it again in a heartbeat,” he said. Deputy Federal Air Surgeon,” After retiring from the Navy, he was selected as Manager she said. Both physicians “have a Medical Specialties and served two years that position. For the long history of valuable service to past eight years, he served as the Deputy Federal Air Surgeon. aerospace medicine and to aviation safety. We’re fortunate to have them eputy Federal Air Surgeon continue their service as the new DMichael Berry has eight years of leadership team in this valuable Dr. Fraser FAA experience managing the Medical work,” she concluded. Specialties Division. He formerly was Dr. Fraser, formerly the Deputy Federal Air Surgeon, replaces Chief of the Flight Medicine Clinic at Dr. Fred Tilton, who retired in January of this year. NASA Johnson Space Center, where he In this position, Dr. Fraser oversees the Office of Aerospace was responsible for the screening and Medicine’s workforce of more than 400 physicians, research selection of new astronauts and partic- scientists, nurses, program analysts, and legal instrument ipated in certification and training of examiners, including the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, astronauts for space flight. and more than 3,400 private physicians who administer FAA Prior to NASA, Dr. Berry was an Dr. Berry medical exams as designated medical examiners. aviation medical examiner for 25 years. Eleven years ago, Dr. Fraser concluded a distinguished 30- Since joining the FAA, he has been responsible for medical year career with the United States Navy during which time he certification policy for pilots and air traffic control specialists, served the first 15 years in Family Practice. Following residency medical appeals, FAA employee drug and alcohol testing, training he become a Naval Flight Surgeon and learned to fly and substance rehabilitation programs for pilots and flight Naval aircraft. He then took a second residency in Aerospace attendants. Questions and Answers Dr. Fraser, do you think the age rule for commercial pilots Dr. Berry, how is being an aviation medical examiner today will be revised upward from age 65? different from when you were one? As we age, there is increasing risk to aviation safety. Physical In the last 25 years, what an AME can do and is expected to and mental decrements such as decreased vision and hearing, and do and the types of medical conditions that the FAA is willing age-related memory decrements, poorer hand-eye coordination, to give medical certificates for have changed greatly. When but in particular, we are concerned about the increasing risk of I was an AME in the late ‘70s, hypertension was a condition sudden incapacitation. Statistics show that for a male age 40, where there was only one medication available, and if you were compared to a male age 30, you are six times more likely to have not taking that medication, you were not going to fly and it a heart attack. At age 50, you are 36 times more likely to have certainly required a special issuance…the FAA had to give that heart attack. And at age 60, you are 100 times more likely you your certificate, and not the AME. That is totally turned to have that heart attack, compared to a male age 30. Of course, around today. We’ve got just about every medication on the one-third of all heart attacks present as sudden cardiac death. market that exists that’s acceptable…only a few are not and Not all only do the suddenly incapacitating issues concern us, but they are very rarely used; so it’s no longer a special issuance we are equally concerned about subtle incapacitation. According type medical condition. That’s only a very small example. to the literature, in the U.S., by the time we reach age 65, five to We are asking AMEs do a lot more than what I did when eight percent of us have a diagnosable dementia…and you have I first started out. It was an evolution, even during that 25 to keep in mind that these numbers double every five years. So years’ perspective from the way it started out and the way it is even though we are living longer, there are indeed risks, and it now. AMEs are the eyes and ears of those of us in the Office will be interesting to see if there will be congressional interest of Aerospace Medicine —we train them to make sure pilots in moving up from age 65 to some number such as 70, so we can meet the physical standards that are part of the federal look forward to playing in that process. regulations. 2 The Federal Air Surgeon's Medical Bulletin • Vol. 52, No. 2 The Federal Air Surgeon's Medical Bulletin • Vol. 52, No. 2 3 from the Federal Air Surgeon’s PERSPECTIVE... by James R. Fraser, MD, MPH Anchors Aweigh irst and foremost, I am indebted to my former boss, very efficiently for that ninety percent. Unfortunately, the FDr. Fred Tilton. He was a great leader, mentor, and ten percent of airmen that must be deferred to the FAA are friend. In the decade that we worked together, he taught me not always so happy because of the delay associated with a great deal. As he would often say, “Even though our prima- the special issuance process. Although we do not have the ry mission is to keep the National Airspace System (NAS) statutory authority to allow AMEs to authorize a special safe, our secondary mission is to get every airmen back up issuance medical certificate, we do have tools that allow that we think can safely fly.” I have long since adopted his them to issue many more certificates. philosophy regarding airman medical certification, and I Here’s how I envision increasing the number of certificates fully intend to carry forward this philosophy. issued by AMEs: I believe this philosophy is the major reason the FAA Of- CACI. Conditions Aviation Medical Examiners Can fice of Aerospace Medicine is widely considered as the gold Issue (CACI) is the first tool that can help us become more standard for the world’s medical certificating authorities. efficient. As the name suggests, CACI allows AMEs to issue Most civil aviation authorities in other countries mirror the a regular medical certificate for conditions that formerly FAA medical standards contained in 14 CFR Part 67. In fact, required deferral to the Aerospace Medical Certification many nations adopt these standards verbatim. Most impor- Division or the Regional Flight Surgeon (RFS). I would tantly, we are much more progressive than other civil aviation like to significantly increase the number of conditions that authorities around the world when it comes to working with qualify for CACI, thereby expanding the number of airmen airmen that do not meet the medical standards in Part 67. that can leave the AME’s office with a regular medical cer- The FAA special issuance process permits airmen who tificate in hand. do not meet Part 67 medical standards to obtain a special AASI. For those airmen we can’t help with CACI, I would issuance medical certificate, and fly, but only when the risk like to expand the use of our Aviation Medical Examiner of their underlying medical condition can be safely miti- Assisted Special Issuance (AASI). Airmen can take advantage gated. We do this by time-limiting the medical certificate of our AMEs to expedite renewing a special issuance.
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