General:

You must provide your medical examiner with the following information:

•    Date of pulmonary embolism / DVT onset.

•    Name and location of treating health care professional.

•    What interventions have been done.

•    Medications you are taking.

•    Treatment plan / frequency of testing

•    Last dose of Anticagulant 

•    Last INR: if on Warfarin (Coumadin)

•    Use of Oxygen

•    Side effects of medication. 

•    Report:

Any history of chest pain, shortness of breath, swelling of ankles, dizziness or fatigue. Report if symptoms at rest or symptoms on exertion.

Waiting period:  Three months with no recurrence.

Testing:  If you are on Warfarin (Coumadin),  you must  obtain last 3 months of INR’s to document stability

Certification:

Driver who is stable and asymptomatic:  Certify up to one year

Not Certifiable: 

Driver with:  Hypoxemia at rest, symptomatic, oxygen use, insufficiently anticoagulated, or severely abnormal lung function documented by testing as above.