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FAX # 253-459-7527
| Fill your form out online at: https://medxpress.faa.gov. On the first of October, 2012 paper forms will not longer be available from the FAA. Applicants for all classes of Medical Certificates must file on line. I urge all to get familiar with the system before the end of September, but note that the system is easy once you establish your password. (Be sure to get this one into your "memory" system where you can access it in the future.) You password will serve as your signature for all medical FAA forms related to the certification process. Don't forget to hit the "SUBMIT" button at the end of the form and bring the conformation number to our office when you come.. WE HAVE MOVED THE OFFICE! We are now six minutes from our former office which was located on Union. It is near I-5 (exit 137). The address is 502 East 54th Avenue in a Multicare Healthworks building. Click here for a map and directions to our new location. SCHEDULE APPOINTMENTS AT: 253-906-3857
Hazard in the cockpit! The security rules in place have added a subtle new risk for airmen in the transport system. Long flights with difficulty in moving from sitting at the controls have been more common. Over the past two years, I have seen three professional aircrew members with dangerous blood clots formed in the leg veins. If not identified (or better yet prevented) the potential for a portion of the clot to break off in the vein and block vessel of the lung. The complication can be sudden and catastrophic. Prevention measures include frequent leg movement and or walking. Walking about is difficult with cabin staff occupied and reluctant pilots who may stay seated longer than ideal. A partial solution is wearing a knee length pressure sock which looks like an ordinary garment and flexing the ankle when duties permit. A few motions of the foot up and down with add to the effect of support and help move the venous circulation "uphill" to the heart. This important, though simple, approach will go a long way to protect you. New recommendations for influenza protection. Major groups in medical practice have now altered the approach to flu shot use in the population at large. The agreement is now aimed at reduction of flu, which can threaten even otherwise healthy folks with severe illness. The N1H1 strain will be incorporated in the general annual material this fall and there is now an effort to get all to accept the single shot. The vaccines have been used for years and gradually improved to remove a vast majority of the substances which caused symptoms decades ago. About that urine test: The FAA requires a screening test for urine evidence of sugar (Diabetes?) or protein (kidney malfunction, etc.). It is not rare in the rush to get to our office that a quick stop by a restroom seems prudent. Then the airman must often wait for a re-accumulation of "test" material. Our answer is for you to let us know when you arrive about any urgency and we will have you collect the needed sample immediately-and then relax in comfort.
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