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I agree that if a national consensus meeting is to be held we certainly
should invite leaders from other nations who have exemplary helicopter
programs with outstanding safety records to add their insight to the
discussion.  Australia, Germany, Austria, the UK, and some of the
Scandinavian countries (Norway in particular is reputed to have a good
safety record despite having some of the most miserable winter weather on
the planet) would be on my short list.



On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 2:01 PM, <KMATTOX at aol.com> wrote:

> In response to the discussion between the two Stephens:
>
> Perhaps.   However helicopters and LONG RANGE fixed wing air  ambulance
> services are ESSENTIAL in Australia, where distance, conditions,  weather
> and
> review standards are agreed upon by the government, EMS, emergency
>  medicine,
> critical care, trauma surgeons, and nursing.
>
> If you analyzed the issues of:
>
> Time
> Distance
> Diagnosis
> Weather
> Supervision
> Review
>
> in Australia and the United States you would find two totally different
> philosophies driven by two totally different  motivations.      Helicopters
> and
> fix wing aircraft fly  every day in the US that would never be allowed to
> take
> off in  Australia.
>
> Stephen:   We could really really benefit from your standards and
> regulations and review and discipline activities being available to the
> "panel"  if a
> panel ever does convene.    Thank you for not only your  leadership in
> Australia, but also your participation in this discussion in the  US
> regarding how we
> can make helicopter air ambulances safer for the crew and  patients, as
> well as
> optimize the beneficial use of these  "birds".     Everyone would agree
> that
> they should not fly  dui ring prohibitive weather, or for patients with
> conditions which are  trivial.
>
> k
>
>
> In a message dated 10/11/2008 10:03:47 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> stephen.richey at gmail.com writes:
>
> As an  emergency physician working part time with a helicopter service in
> >  Australia, I (and my colleagues) have been shocked and saddened by the
> >  number of recent fatal crashes in the US. Some of this reflects your
> size
> -
> > there are possibly more helicopter programs in the US than in the  rest
> of
> > the world combined.
>
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Stephen L. Richey, CRT
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Saginaw Valley State University
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