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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 121.803 

to provide emergency medical care or 
to establish a standard of care for the 
provision of emergency medical care. 

§ 121.803

Emergency medical equip-

ment. 

(a) No person may operate a pas-

senger-carrying airplane under this 
part unless it is equipped with the 
emergency medical equipment listed in 
this section. 

(b) Each equipment item listed in 

this section— 

(1) Must be inspected regularly in ac-

cordance with inspection periods estab-
lished in the operations specifications 
to ensure its condition for continued 
serviceability and immediate readiness 
to perform its intended emergency pur-
poses; 

(2) Must be readily accessible to the 

crew and, with regard to equipment lo-
cated in the passenger compartment, 
to passengers; 

(3) Must be clearly identified and 

clearly marked to indicate its method 
of operation; and 

(4) When carried in a compartment or 

container, must be carried in a com-
partment or container marked as to 
contents and the compartment or con-
tainer, or the item itself, must be 
marked as to date of last inspection. 

(c) For treatment of injuries, medical 

events, or minor accidents that might 
occur during flight time each airplane 
must have the following equipment 
that meets the specifications and re-
quirements of appendix A of this part: 

(1) Approved first-aid kits. 
(2) In airplanes for which a flight at-

tendant is required, an approved emer-
gency medical kit. 

(3) In airplanes for which a flight at-

tendant is required, an approved emer-
gency medical kit as modified effective 
April 12, 2004. 

(4) In airplanes for which a flight at-

tendant is required and with a max-
imum payload capacity of more than 
7,500 pounds, an approved automated 
external defibrillator as of April 12, 
2004. 

§ 121.805

Crewmember training for in- 

flight medical events. 

(a) Each training program must pro-

vide the instruction set forth in this 
section with respect to each airplane 

type, model, and configuration, each 
required crewmember, and each kind of 
operation conducted, insofar as appro-
priate for each crewmember and the 
certificate holder. 

(b) Training must provide the fol-

lowing: 

(1) Instruction in emergency medical 

event procedures, including coordina-
tion among crewmembers. 

(2) Instruction in the location, func-

tion, and intended operation of emer-
gency medical equipment. 

(3) Instruction to familiarize crew-

members with the content of the emer-
gency medical kit. 

(4) Instruction to familiarize crew-

members with the content of the emer-
gency medical kit as modified on April 
12, 2004. 

(5) For each flight attendant— 
(i) Instruction, to include perform-

ance drills, in the proper use of auto-
mated external defibrillators. 

(ii) Instruction, to include perform-

ance drills, in cardiopulmonary resus-
citation. 

(iii) Recurrent training, to include 

performance drills, in the proper use of 
an automated external defibrillators 
and in cardiopulmonary resuscitation 
at least once every 24 months. 

(c) The crewmember instruction, per-

formance drills, and recurrent training 
required under this section are not re-
quired to be equivalent to the expert 
level of proficiency attained by profes-
sional emergency medical personnel. 

Subpart Y—Advanced 

Qualification Program 

S

OURCE

: Docket No. FAA–2005–20750, 70 FR 

54815, Sept. 16, 2005, unless otherwise noted. 

§ 121.901

Purpose and eligibility. 

(a) Contrary provisions of parts 61, 63, 

65, 121, 135, and 142 of this chapter not-
withstanding, this subpart provides for 
approval of an alternative method 
(known as ‘‘Advanced Qualification 
Program’’ or ‘‘AQP’’) for qualifying, 
training, certifying, and otherwise en-
suring competency of crewmembers, 
aircraft dispatchers, other operations 
personnel, instructors, and evaluators 
who are required to be trained under 
parts 121 and 135 of this chapter. 

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