Initial Class 1 EASA Medical - What to expect/What to disclose?

[TJL19]

Hi all,

I'm about to book my EASA class 1 medical appointment and just looking for some guidance from people who've been through it before. I'm naturally a little nervous although I don't have any medical issues that I'm aware of.

Here is what the clinic told me the tests will involve, and that it would take about 5 hours:

Complete blood and urine analysis + urine drug detection.
Nursing.- Anthropometry + ECG
Psychology.- medical visit
Psychiatry.- medical visit
Cardiology.- medical visit
Otolaryngology - Audiometry + medical visit
Ophthalmology - Visual acuity + medical visit
Pulmonology - Spirometry
Final visit Air Medical Examiner


Any thing to be aware of here? I'm a bit curious in the difference between the psychology and psychiatry checks. I'm doing it in Spain (so via the AESA if that makes a difference.)

I guess I have a few main questions:

- has anyone gone through an EASA Class 1 with high myopia? - I have -7.5 in each eye which exceeds the limits of -6.0 diopters but it seems that this will be referred to the CAA(which is AESA or maybe EASA) and I'll be deemed fit after a thorough ophthalmology exam.

- how much of my medical history is relevant and needs to be prepared? - I've had surgery to remove my appendix, I'm not sure how relevant these minor hospital visits and surgeries are and if I need to prepare hospital reports on them

- same with the psychology side, in primary school I went to a child psychologist to get diagnosed for dyslexia, I don't know if this counts as a mental health issue

- is there anything to be done to prepare? I've started trying to loose some weight and do cardio exercises to improve my cardio and pulmonary health as well as avoiding alcohol and unhealthy foods, but not sure if I can actually do much to help me pass (new glasses, getting ears cleaned, etc.)

[Beaker_]

I'm going to assume the medical rules are pretty similar to the UK, but in short, disclose everything. Your AME will decide what is relevant or not. They almost certainly won't care about your appendix removal but you still need to disclose it.

If you can, bring any applicable medical records relating to anything you select yes for. Your doctors surgery should be able to provide you with a copy of any such records (or the whole lot of that's easier), but give them as much notice as you can. If you can't bring the records to your appointment, I suspect the AME will ask you to provide them as soon as you can or refer you to a specialist to provide a report. This will be at your own expense!

Keeping in good shape and maintaining a good diet is a good idea for the medical, but also to avoid complications for future ones. I've heard of people advising to avoid large meals and large amounts of caffeine before your medical as this can affect the ECG. I hope that helps!