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Tue Oct 7 23:10:01 BST 2008

I'm not sure exactly why Mr. Richey feels the need to slander the Air
Medical Journal or the authors who have published there.  However, the
articles you are looking for were published in Prehospital Emergency
Care. If you go to the website of the National Association of EMS
Physicians (www.naemsp.org) you can download the Air Medical Dispatch
position paper.  Referenced in that paper are some annotated
bibliographies by Stephen Thomas that outline the literature related to
air medical transport.  He also wrote another annotated bibliography in
2004 in PEC. If you are a member of NAEMSP those papers are available
for download.

I think everyone involved in the air medical industry realizes that the
research has often been weak or poorly done.  Dr. Thomas has done a nice
job of reviewing the research and pointing out some of the strengths and
weaknesses.  He has also put together a group, the Critical Care
Transport Collaborative Outcomes Research effort (www.cctcore.org), that
will be better able to answer those questions.

We have the potential accomplish a lot if we can get past the name
calling and start to address the real issues here.

Dave Thomson

David P. Thomson, MS, MD, FACEP, CMTE, CHC
National Medical Advisor
PHI Air Medical

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