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Mon Dec 20 14:50:08 GMT 2010

The bird reportedly was Staff for Life, which, from my experience, is one  
of the more conservative outfits on taking missions.

In addition, the State of Missouri has a comprehensive Time Critical  
Diagnosis system that is being refined, and The Staff is participating in the  
development of the protocols. the intent of the TCD system was to define which 
 AEMS missions were most useful to patient treatment, and the program has 
been  ongoing for over 3 years now.

ck

In a message dated 12/20/10 08:29:46 Central Standard Time,  
nmcswai at tulane.edu writes:

Other  question---was the flight indicated? Was the patient severe enough
to  warrant the AEMS? Could the transport have been done equally safe for
the  patient on the ground?

Norman
Norman McSwain MD, FACS
Professor,  Tulane School of Medicine
Trauma Director, Spirit of Charity Trauma Center,  ILH/MCLNO 
norman.mcswain at tulane.edu
504 988  5111

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Subject: Re: Medical Helicopter Crash; 3  injured

Hey Stephen

Will do - for once it does not seem to be a  weather or pilot problem -
engine failure can happen to anyone at anytime -  we had a SAAF AB109 go
down last week injuring pilot winchman and the base  OC. Apparently some
sort of tail rotor failure

Tim

Dr T C  Hardcastle
M.B., Ch.B. (Stell); M. Med. (Chir) (Stell); FCS  (SA)
Principal Specialist Trauma Surgeon /
Honorary Senior Lecturer UKZN  Dept Surgery
Deputy Director - IALCH Trauma Service
Durban, South  Africa
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