BRIEFED overview for program leaders
A two-page summary to share with your director of operations, safety leadership and executives.
What every HEMS pre-duty brief should cover
A practical, base-ready checklist for the start of every air medical shift: aircraft, weather, NOTAMs and TFRs, risk, crew and handoff.
Documenting pre-shift briefings for CAMTS accreditation
How air medical programs can keep pre-shift briefing records that answer a surveyor’s questions in minutes, not days.
Closing the gap at shift change in air medical programs
Why handoffs between crews fail, what the oncoming pilot actually needs, and how to make the aircraft’s story carry over every time.
GO, CAUTION, NO-GO: making weather calls consistent across bases
How air medical programs can make the overall weather call mean the same thing at every base, and why that matters for safety and records.
Reading METARs, TAFs and flight categories at a glance
A practical refresher on METARs, TAFs and the VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR flight categories, for crews who brief weather every shift.
NOTAMs and TFRs: what air medical crews should check every shift
Which NOTAMs and temporary flight restrictions matter for HEMS and fixed-wing air medical operations, and how to make checking them part of every brief.
Measuring briefing compliance by shift, not by count
Why counting briefs hides missed shifts, and how air medical leaders can measure what actually matters: was every shift briefed?
Bringing the med crew into the pre-duty brief
Why the flight nurse and paramedic belong in the start-of-shift brief, what to cover together, and how to record that they were briefed.
Fatigue and the 12-hour shift: what the start-of-shift brief can catch
How a consistent start-of-shift brief helps air medical crews recognize fatigue risk early, and what leaders can learn from the record.
Shared base iPads: fast, secure sign-in for crews
How air medical bases can use shared tablets for briefs without sharing passwords, and what administrators should be able to control.