Descriptive Summary
Repository: University of Virginia School of Nursing, Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry
Title: Audrey Snyder/Pegasus Medical Transport Collection
Physical Characteristics: 0.4 linear feet; 1 box
Language: English
Collector: Audrey Snyder
Biographical Information
The Pegasus helicopter and ground-based medical transport services were initiated at the University of Virginia Medical Center in 1984. Audrey Snyder, R.N., Ph.D. served as Chief Flight Nurse from 1991-1995 and as clinician and research committee chair for Pegasus Flight Operations in 1995-1996. She developed the Pegasus Flight Observer Program in 1991 to provide first-hand flight medical experience for health-care and public safety professionals and students. Snyder earned her Bachelors of Science, Masters, and Ph.D. in Nursing from the University of Virginia School of Nursing. At the time of writing, she is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, College of Health and Human Sciences, at the University of Northern Colorado.
Scope and Content
This small collection contains items relative to the Pegasus air and ground medical transport service of the University of Virginia Medical Center. Pegasus flight operations materials include survival training course documents for "post-hard-landing" situations. Multiple folders contain professional standards publications, including a flight nurse study guide by Snyder, along with general information publications. These include state and federal emergency medical plans and handbooks. An item concerning government oversight details the Virginia State Board of Health rules and regulations for emergency medical services.
Series Description
Materials are arranged by alphabetical subject headings and by date within subject heading.
Contents List
GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT: “RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH, COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, CONCERNING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES,” VIRGINIA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.
1990-91 Box-Folder: 01-001
INFORMATIONAL PUBLICATIONS: “LIFE FLIGHT: GUIDE TO PITTSBURGH HOSPITALS FOR AEROMEDICAL PERSONNEL,” ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL.
1992 Box-Folder: 01-002
INFORMATIONAL PUBLICATIONS: “EMERGENCY SEVERITY INDEX, VERSION 4: IMPLEMENTATION HANDBOOK,” U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY.
2005 Box-Folder: 01-003
INFORMATIONAL PUBLICATIONS: VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES:
1) “PREHOSPITAL AND INTERHOSPITAL STATE TRAUMA TRIAGE PLAN;”
2) “2005 TRENDS IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND TRAUMA.”
2005 Box-Folder: 01-004
INFORMATIONAL PUBLICATIONS: “AIR MEDICINE: ACCESSING THE FUTURE OF HEALTH CARE,” FOUNDATION FOR AIR-MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.
2006 Box-Folder: 01-005
[PEGASUS FLIGHT OPERATIONS, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA]: “HARD LANDING SURVIVAL TRAINING.”
1993/05/24-25 Box-Folder: 01-006
PEGASUS FLIGHT OPERATIONS, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: “WINTER SURVIVAL ‘95” INSTRUCTOR COURSE MATERIALS.
1995/03/03-05 Box-Folder: 01-007
PEGASUS FLIGHT OPERATIONS, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: “WINTER SURVIVAL ‘95” TRAINING BROCHURE AND INFORMATION.
1995/03/03-05. Box-Folder: 01-008
PEGASUS FLIGHT OPERATIONS, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: “WINTER SURVIVAL ‘95,” “PEGASUS POST HARD LANDING SURVIVAL TRAINING.”
1995/03/04-05 Box-Folder: 01-009
PEGASUS FLIGHT OPERATIONS, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: “WINTER SURVIVAL ‘96” BROCHURE; WILDERNESS SURVIVAL PROGRAM BROCHURE.
1996, n.d. Box-Folder: 01-010
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS: “PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR THE NEONATAL TRANSPORT FLIGHT NURSE,” NATIONAL FLIGHT NURSES ASSOCIATION.
1991 Box-Folder: 01-011
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS: VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES: MEDEVAC STANDARDS, GENERAL INFORMATION, LETTER FROM AUDREY WRIGHT [SNYDER].
1991 Box-Folder: 01-012
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS: “NEONATAL TRANSPORT STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES,” NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NEONATAL NURSES.
1992 Box-Folder: 01-013
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS: “GUIDELINES FOR THE TRANSFER OF CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS,” AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CRITICAL CARE NURSES; AND RELATED NOTES.
1993 Box-Folder: 01-014
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS: “CERTIFIED FLIGHT REGISTERED NURSE STUDY GUIDE,” EDITED BY AUDREY SNYDER, NATIONAL FLIGHT NURSES ASSOCIATION.
1995 Box-Folder: 01-015
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS: “STANDARDS OF FLIGHT NURSING PRACTICE,” NATIONAL FLIGHT NURSES ASSOCIATION.
1995 Box-Folder: 01-016
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS: “ACCREDITATION STANDARDS OF CAMTS,” COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF MEDICAL TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; AND RELATED CAMTS BROCHURES (3).
1997, n.d. Box-Folder: 01-017
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS: “FLIGHT NURSING REVIEW MANUAL,” NATIONAL FLIGHT NURSES ASSOCIATION.
1998 Box-Folder: 01-018
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University of Virginia School of Nursing, Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry, Audrey Snyder/Pegasus Medical Transport Collection
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Processed by Henry K. Sharp in 2018.