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Original Article
항공종사자 건강관리 제도의 발전방안
Devlopment Plan of Licence Holders Health Management System
성균관의대 강북삼성병원 직업환경의학과1, 대한항공 항공의료센터2, 프리랜서3, 을지대학교 간호학과4, 중앙대학교 의과대학 내과학교실5, 한국항공우주의학협회6, 연세대학교 의과대학 신경외과학교실7
1Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 2 Aeromedical Center of Korean Air, 3 Occupational Environmental Medicine Specialist, 4Department of Nursing, Eulji University, 5Department of Internal Medicine, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, 6Aerospace Medical Association of Korea, 7Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Received: July 23, 2019; Accepted: July 30, 2019
Korean J Aerosp Environ Med 2019; 29(2): 67-71
Published August 31, 2019
Copyright © Aerospace Medical Association of Korea.
The health of licence holders (flight crew members and air traffic controllers) is recognized as an important element of aviation safety. The medical emergency symptoms that occur during the flight duty period without prior notice can interfere with human performance capabilities and threaten aviation safety. To prevent this, ICAO has been required to conduct a periodic medical assessment process of licence holders including routine analysis of in-flight incapacitation events and medical findings during medical to identify areas of increased medical risk and continuous reevaluation of the medical assessment process to concentrate on identified areas of increased medical risk. The supply and demand of licence holders have become a major issue due to the increase in air traffic around the world, and the pilot retirement age has been extended to 65 years. But, there is no significant change in the aviation medical assessments process. The follow up of the result of medical examination discovered through aviation medical examination is a very important part, but it has not been properly implemented, and the sick leaves and medical inflight incapacitation reporting system should be improved. The management of health risk factors for licence holders must be implemented to prevent aircraft accidents or aviation safety problems caused by health problems. In this paper, we propose the development plan and concrete improvement plan of the health risk management system of licence holders in Korea in terms of aviation safety.
Keywords
Medical assessment process of licence holders,Follow up of the result of aviation medical examination,Sick leaves,lnflight medical incapacitation