Flying Ambulances

Paper Summary:

The paper details the kinds of injuries or incidents responded to by helicopter and explains who the members of the ambulance team are. The paper looks at the relationship between the pilot and the medical team and goes on to relate that most flights are actually rapid transfer flights from one medical care facility to another. The paper also discusses the professionalism of pilots who must follow relatively strict safety guidelines and have the discretion to abort missions before and during their occurrence according to the safety of the aircraft and the crew and not on the dire need of the patient.

From the Paper:

"Flying ambulances are a modern reality and they are characteristic of a growing emergency medical team that attempts to respond as quickly as possible to trauma, injury and disease from a very broad base. Medical air rescue missions have been part of the military in nearly every nation that has a standing army since WWII, with the utilization of helicopter medical transport beginning in Korea. (Glastris, 1986, p. 19) Helicopters are particularly adept at reaching victims in need of rapid transport to medical facilities as they generally have more limited needs (though there are some) for landing and takeoff with regard to space, clearance as agility and speed are on their side as compared to other forms of air and ground transport."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Air Angel in Distress, but Ready for Anything Blown Engine? Helicopter Pilot Handles It. (2007, August 19). Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), p. 1.
• Bowers, C. A., Morgan, B. B., Salas, E., & Carolyn. (1993). Assessment of Coordination Demand for Aircrew Coordination Training. Military Psychology, 5(2), 95-112.
• Bren, L. (2006, July/August). Protecting the Public Health: More Than a Full-Time Job for Many at the FDA. FDA Consumer, 40.
• Farley, D. (1990, September). Head Injuries Require Quick, Skilled Care. FDA Consumer, 24, 8.
• Glastris, P. (1986, February). An American Hero - Dr. David Boyd and Emergency Health Care. Washington Monthly, 18, 19.

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