Definitions for FLight Surgeon
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flight surgeonnoun

   a medical officer specializing in aviation medicine

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flight surgeon

   A flight surgeon is a military medical officer practicing in the clinical field of aviation medicine. Although the term "flight surgery" is considered improper by purists, it may occasionally be encountered.Flight surgeons are physicians (MDs or DOs) who serve as the primary care physicians for a variety of military aviation personnel on special duty status — e.g., pilots, Flight Officers, navigators/Combat Systems Officers, astronauts, missile combat crews, air traffic controllers, UAV operators and other aircrew members, both officer and enlisted. In the United States Department of Defense, the Army, Navy, and Air Force all train and utilize flight surgeons. In addition to serving as primary care for military members on special duty status and their families, the U.S. Department of Defense uses flight surgeons for a variety of other tasks. Aviation medicine is essentially a form of occupational medicine and flight surgeons are tasked with the responsibility of maintaining the military's strict medical standards, especially the even stricter standards that apply to those on flying, controlling or jump (airborne) status. In the U.S military, flight surgeons are trained to fill general public health and occupational and preventive medicine roles, and are only infrequently "surgeons" in an operating theater sense. Flight surgeons are typically rated aviators on flight status (i.e., they log flight hours in military aircraft as a crewmember), but are not required to be rated or licensed pilots, naval flight officers, or navigators/CSOs. They may be called upon to provide medical consultation as members of an investigation board into a military or NASA aviation or spaceflight mishap. Occasionally, they may serve to provide in-flight care to patients being evacuated via aeromedical evacuation, either fixed wing or rotary wing. The civilian equivalent of the flight surgeon is the Aviation Medical Examiner (AME). Some civilian AMEs have training similar to that of military flight surgeons, and some are either retired military flight surgeons or actively serving flight surgeons in a military Reserve Component.

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1. flight surgeon

   A flight surgeon is a medical professional, generally a fully qualified physician, who is specifically trained in aviation medicine to provide medical and preventative healthcare services for astronauts, pilots, aircrews, and others involved in air and space travel. They are responsible for maintaining the physical fitness and mental well-being of these personnel, both on the ground and during flight. They also advise on issues related to the complex environment of aviation, such as the effects of altitude, acceleration, noise, and vibration on the human body.

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1. Flight surgeon

   A flight surgeon is a military medical officer assigned to duties in the clinical field variously known as aviation medicine, aerospace medicine, or flight medicine. Although the term "flight surgery" is considered improper, it may occasionally be encountered. Flight surgeons are physicians, either Doctors of Medicine or Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine, who are primarily responsible for the medical evaluation, certification and treatment of military aviation personnel — e.g., pilots, Naval Flight Officers, navigators/Combat Systems Officers, astronauts, air traffic controllers, UAV operators and other aircrew members, both officer and enlisted. They perform routine, periodic medical examinations of these personnel, as well as initially examine/treat these personnel when ill or following an aircraft mishap. In the U.S military, flight surgeons are trained to fill general public health and occupational and preventive medicine roles, and are only infrequently "surgeons" in an operating theater sense. Flight surgeons are typically on flight status, but are not required to be rated or licensed pilots, naval flight officers, or navigators/CSOs. They may be called upon to provide medical consultation as members of an investigation board into a military or NASA aviation or spaceflight mishap. Occasionally, they may serve to provide in-flight care to patients being evacuated via aeromedical evacuation, either fixed wing or rotary wing.

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flight surgeon

   A physician specially trained in aviator medical practice whose primary duty is the medical examination and medical care of aircrew.

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1. • Medical Officer

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of FLight Surgeon in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of FLight Surgeon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=FLight Surgeon
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_Surgeon
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=FLight Surgeon
5. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf