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Thu Feb 26 16:11:44 GMT 2009

Actually, the crash ratio for airmedical fixed wing is 14x that of
civilian aviation.  

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-----Original Message-----
From: p.bjorn at netzero.net [mailto:p.bjorn at netzero.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 10:01 AM
To: trauma-list at trauma.org
Subject: RE: NTSB to Issue Helicopter EMS Safety Recommendations

This is interesting, although I think your experience is weighted with
proximity.  There's little doubt that fixed wing is far safer than
rotors in general (for a whole host of reasons, not the least of which
is that planes are beholden to runways, and thus variously exposed to a
variety of other helpful conditions and rules).

Begs the question: how useful ARE fixed wing services in EMS?  Even in
my experience (rural Maine), the circumstances which at once suggest and
tolerate airplane transfer during the primary treatment phase are
exceedingly rare.  You're adding at least two vehicles and maybe three
teams to the transfer process.  That consumes time and shatters
continuity.

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