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Mayo Clinic Clear Approach

By: Mayo Clinic Aerospace Medicine
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  • Mayo Clinic Clear Approach tackles medical topics important to commercial aviators, recreational pilots, or just folks interested in things that fly. Current topics from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and aviation trends are explored in a serious but sometimes humorous way. Mayo Clinic Clear Approach focuses on a perspective from "the other side of the gurney." Let us navigate the storms of aeromedical certification, medical issues that may affect pilots, and share experiences with and from other pilots to break through life's sometimes stormy clouds and focus in on a clear approach.

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Episodes
  • Protect Your Beans -- Getting Certified With Chronic Kidney Disease

    Protect Your Beans -- Getting Certified With Chronic Kidney Disease
    Jun 7 2024

    Most of us take for granted the bean-shaped organs located along our flanks that are responsible for filtering the blood and maintaining fluid balance in the body. But what happens when things go wrong with the beans? How will this affect aeromedical certification for pilots? This episode covers current requirements for obtaining and maintaining your medical certificate for individuals with kidney issues.
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    13 mins
  • Change is in the Air! Streamlining is Coming to the Certification Process

    Change is in the Air! Streamlining is Coming to the Certification Process
    May 31 2024

    Several announcements this week to FAA aviation medical examiners by the agency will significantly decrease the burden on pilots with certain uncomplicated mental health conditions, eliminate the need for exercise stress tests for renewal of Special Issuance Authorization for pilots with coronary artery disease -- and other streamlining efforts are on the horizon.
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    14 mins
  • Is it a Shakedown -- or Just Essential Tremor?

    Is it a Shakedown -- or Just Essential Tremor?
    May 24 2024

    The presence of a tremor has, in the past, delayed efforts of pilots to become medically certified. Use of CACI criteria now streamlines the process. In this episode, we review what is required and touch base on the new FAA reauthorization bill that was signed into law last week.
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    13 mins
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