Medical question

Does anyone know what the blood pressure limits are for an FAA medical
certificate, second or thrid class?

Michael

Michael-

FAA medicals must be deferred if the systolic (upper number) pressure
exceeds 155, and/or the diastolic (lower number) pressure exceeds 95.

Lynne C. Miller, M.D.

yes, the FAA


"Michael" wrote in
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| Does anyone know what the blood pressure limits are for an
FAA medical
| certificate, second or thrid class?
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| Michael
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Ignore this troll.


Lynn Miller is not an MD. She recently offered to sign off a student pilot
to take his written. She's nit a CFI either.

Call AOPA and ask, or call an FAA doc.


"Lynne" wrote in message
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Michael-

FAA medicals must be deferred if the systolic (upper number) pressure
exceeds 155, and/or the diastolic (lower number) pressure exceeds 95.

Lynne C. Miller, M.D.

Michael wrote:

Does anyone know what the blood pressure limits are for an FAA medical
certificate, second or thrid class?

Michael

From the AOPA website:

Current Federal Aviation Regulations do not impose blood pressure limits
for any class medical certificate; however, the FAA has established a
policy by which persons with controlled blood pressure may be certified
at any class of medical.

The FAA considers blood pressure controlled when the average sitting
blood pressure does not exceed 155mm mercury systolic and 95mm mercury
diastolic with or without medication. If the blood pressure is
controlled and the required cardiovascular evaluation is provided at the
time of examination, the aviation medical examiner may issue the medical
certificate, as indicated in the revised Guide for Aviation Medical
Examiners.

The FAA currently allows most FDA-approved anti-hypertension agents,
including diuretics, angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors,
alpha-adrenergic blocking agents, beta-adrenergic blocking agents,
calcium channel blocking agents, direct vasodilators, or combinations of
these agents.

Rip

Thank you for your informative and useful response. That's exactly
what I was looking for.

Michael

Thank you for your informative and useful response.

Michael

Michael,

I strongly suggest you do not take Lynne's response as informed. (S)he finds
it amusing to intentionally give out false information. (S)he mis-represents
him/her self as being qualified, when (s)he is not.


"Michael" wrote in message
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Thank you for your informative and useful response.

Michael

Lynne's response matched every other response I got, posted here, by
email, and from my own search. Either they are all wrong, or she is
right. She provided a response that was informative and useful - which
is more than you did.

Michael

You want to listen to someone pretending to be a doctor, that's your choice.
I never said Ken/Lynne was wrong, only that I would not trust his/her
information.

Just for fun, you may want to do a google groups search on Lynne Miller

"Michael" wrote in message
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Lynne's response matched every other response I got, posted here, by
email, and from my own search. Either they are all wrong, or she is
right. She provided a response that was informative and useful - which
is more than you did.

Michael