| AAM |
Office
of Aerospace Medicine |
| AASI |
AME
Assisted Special Issuance - Criteria under which an Examiner may reissue
a medical certificate for a third-class applicant with a medical history
of a disqualifying condition, who has already received a Special
Issuance Authorization from the FAA, and criteria to defer issuance to
AMCD or RFS
for these situations. |
| AMCD |
Aerospace
Medical Certification Division - located at the Civil Aerospace Medical
Institute in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| AMCS |
Airman
Medical Certification System - allows the AME to electronically submit
FAA Form 8500-8, Application for Airman Medical Certificate to AMCD. |
| AME |
Aviation
Medical Examiner - a physician designated by the FAA and given the
authority to perform airman physical examinations for issuance of
second- and third-class medical certificates. (NOTE: Senior Examiners
perform first-class airman examinations). |
| ATCS |
Air
Traffic Control Specialist |
| AV |
Atrioventricular |
| BUN |
Blood
Urea Nitrogen Test |
| CACI |
Condition
for which Airman Medical Examiner (AME) Can Issue |
| CAD |
Coronary
Artery Disease |
| CAMI |
Civil
Aerospace Medical Institute |
| CAT |
Computerized
Axial Tomography Scan |
| CBC |
Complete
Blood Count |
| CEA |
Carcinoembryonic
Antigen |
| CFR |
Code
of Federal Regulations |
| CHD |
Coronary
Heart Disease |
| CT |
Computed
Tomography Scan |
| CVE |
Cardiovascular
Evaluation |
| DOT |
Department
of Transportation |
| DUI/DWI |
Driving
Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated |
| ECG |
Electrocardiogram |
| ECHO |
Echocardiographic
Images |
| ENT |
Ear,
Nose, and Throat |
| FAA |
Federal
Aviation Administration |
| FAR |
Federal
Aviation Regulations |
| FSDO |
Flight
Standards District Office |
| GXT |
Graded
Exercise Test |
| HgbA1C |
Hemoglobin
A1C |
| HIMS |
Human
Intervention Motivation Study (HIMS)
AMEs trained in evaluating airmen for substance- or
alcohol-related conditions or other specific mental diagnoses. |
| INR |
International
Normalized Ratio |
| IVP |
Intravenous
Pyelography Test |
| KUB |
Kidneys,
Ureters and Bladder |
| MFO |
Medical
Field Office |
| MFT |
Medical
Flight Test |
| MRI |
Magnetic
Resonance Imaging |
| MVP |
Mitral
Valve Prolapse |
| NTSB |
National
Transportation Safety Board |
| PAC |
Premature
Atrial Contraction |
| PET |
Positron
Emission Tomography |
| PFT |
Pulmonary
Function Test |
| PSA |
Prostate
Specific Antigen |
| PT |
Prothrombin
Time |
| PTT |
Partial
Thromboplastin Time |
| PVC |
Premature
Ventricular Contraction |
| RF |
Radio
Frequency Ablation |
| RFS |
Regional
Flight Surgeon |
| SODA |
Statement
of Demonstrated Ability |
| TFT |
Thyroid
Function Test |
| US |
Ultrasound |
