PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-653
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 653
APRIL 2007
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REWS, IGNORING PRE-mIGHTS ON YOUR eLACK (AWK MEDEVAC KIT COULD MEAN TROUBLE DURING
A RESCUE MISSION.
lERFORMING GLITCH-FREE RESCUES MEAN YOU MUST DO YOUR 98-HOUR INSPECTIONS LIKE IT SAYS IN
40 1-1528-2:;-l03.
fVERYTHING MUST BE CHECKED, INCLUDING THE AMBULATORY PATIENT SEATS. (ERE'S A SHORT LIST.
s 6RE ANY mOOR SUPPORT RIVETS QOOSE OR MISSINK?
s 9OES THE QITTER SYSTEM ROTATE?
&OR YOUR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTIONS, CHECK OUT 40 1-1528-25:-
1:=l IF YOU'VE GOT PROBLEMS. 4HIS 40 CAN BE FOUND ON f0 8182.
nEMEMBER, WHEN YOU'RE USING THE HOIST TO LIFT A PATIENT INTO THE BIRD, THE LITTER PLATFORM
HAS LIMITED ROTATION. 4URN THE PLATFORM TOO FAR AND YOU'LL HIT THE HOIST.
s 6RE THE QITTER PQATFORM SUPPORT RODS SEJURE?
s 6RE THE QAP OR QITTER GEQTS FRAYED? 9O THEY EXTEND AND RETRAJT PROPERQY WITHOUT QOJLINK UP?
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