The Institute hosted the 2022 edition of the training course for doctors qualified to perform examinations for the issuance and renewal of aeromedical certificates.
In recent weeks, at the’Institute of Advanced Training and Education in Aeronautical and Space Medicine in Rome, the 2022 edition of the basic course in Aeronautical and Space Medicine was held, a prerequisite for obtaining the qualification of Aeromedical Examiner, in which 28 healthcare professionals participated, including Medical Officers of the Air Force, other Armed Forces and Armed Bodies of the State, and specialist doctors from the civil healthcare sector.
The Course, included in the Institute’s Study Plan as an integral part of Flight Surgeon Training, The Stormo Medical Training Program, planned by STANAG NATO 7231 and organized in collaboration with the’National Agency for Civil Aviation (ENAC), aims to acquire knowledge and skills in the field of the pathophysiology of flight, and devotes a particular in-depth study to the medical and legal aspects related to fitness for air navigation services, according to the requirements required by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for the health authorities and medical certificates for the acquisition of aeronautical licenses and certificates.
The theoretical lessons were held at the historic headquarters of the School of Military Aviation Medicine, now IPAMAS, in viale Gobetti in Rome, while a practical session, dedicated to the in-depth study of research and experimental technologies, took place at the Department of Aviation and Space Medicine of the University of Rome Tor Vergata. Aeronautical and Space Experimental Air Division of Pratica di Mare, The entity that provides aerophysiological training to military aircrew and performs research in the field of military aeronautical medicine. All the most experienced medical officers in service at the AM Health Service, the Institute of Aeronautical and Space Medicine in Rome, and the Department of Medicine at A.S. in Pratica di Mare participated as teachers, in keeping with the continuity of the fertile tradition of Italian scientific research in the field of flight pathophysiology, following the footsteps of Angelo Mosso, Amedeo Herlitzka and Padre Agostino Gemelli.
The Aeromedical Examiners (AME Aeromedical Examiner), in accordance with the specifications of the certification obtained by the National Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC), carry out medical examinations on the national territory for the issuance and renewal of Class 2/LAPL medical certificates, medical reports for flight attendants, Class PARA medical certificates for skydiving, and for the sole renewal of Class 3 medical certificates for licenses that allow the exercise of air traffic control activities.
The I.P.A.M.A.S., Titled since 2018 in memory of Lieutenant Francesco Paolo Remotti, medical officer of the A.M. who died in the Kindu massacre on November 11, 1961, it is the Armed Forces Agency responsible for the secondary training, training and professional development in the field of healthcare for all A.M. personnel. It is directly subordinate to the Medical Service of the Logistics Command, under whose aegis all teaching activities take place. The Institute is also the only provider of F.A. accredited by the National Agency for Regional Health Services (Agenas) of the Ministry of Health for the Continuing Education in Medicine (ECM) activity. In addition to the training of Military Rescuers and Biocontainment Operators, the Institute carries out many other training activities, including the Basic Course in Aeronautical and Space Medicine, which is also open to medical officers from other Armed Forces and State Armed Forces, and to civilians, accredited by ENAC and recognized as an essential prerequisite for obtaining the qualification of Aeromedical Examiner (AME).
