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Sun Sep 27 01:30:34 BST 2009

Like many other states, Indiana has seen a dramatic surge in the number of
Air EMS providers and numbers of helicopters.

It seems to be about the money.

Take that incentive away and reimburse air EMS the same as ground EMS and
this problem will likely correct itself.

Andrew Bowman

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>
>
> We have a duty to continue to ask the question as to what motivates air
> ambulance transport.  Certainly it is not time.   Outcome  advantage has
> not
> been established.     Transplant recovery  is actually less with air
> ambulance transport than  ground.     In many helicopter systems, as many
> as 75% of
> the patients transported at great cost and risk, are dismissed within 24 of
> the  flight.     We also continue to see un necessary  flights in order to
> compete for business in areas with far too many duplicate  services.
>
> Just who and what organization is going to blow the whistle on this
> continuing and most often unnecessary loss of life and excessive  expense?
>   The
> Trauma Community - They are silent.     The industry itself - of course
> not.
>  The EMS community -  Nope.   Government - They had their chance and gave
> a weak and one  sided report.    The courts - I am not aware as to what has
> happened there.
>
> k
>

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