Abstract
This paper presents an in-depth discussion of the Canadian institution of the bush pilot after 1920, in relation to informal medical evacuation functions, and the rise of post-World War II formal medevac services. It gives a history of how Saskatchewan pioneered systematic air evacuation of patients from 1948-1968. Additionally, it points out the continuing reliance on bush pilots now trained in paramedical support and critical care nursing.

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"Canada has an elaborate lore of bush pilots as individuals, male and sometimes female, whose vocations tend to be discussed historically, though a perennial presence. Many have become cultic personalities in view of a way of life demanding independent personalities equal to endless duties and considerable risk. Fewer persons seem aware of the bush pilot as a continuing necessity in much of Canada including the many to perform air ambulance services, again, across a large proportion of Canada. This paper examines the rise of air medical and evacuation services in northern..."

Tags:canada, bush pilots, air medevac

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This paper examines the rise of air medical and evacuation services in northern and remote areas of Canada after the 1920s, noting the continuing need for air ambulance services for Canadians living beyond road or rail networks. The paper points out that a great array of popular history material has been published in the last thirty years or so attesting to the romantic lives of bush pilots who indeed were often self-styled persons to occupy their own boundless milieu. The paper adds that a study of the many female bush pilots provides an intriguing aside on the women's history emphasis of the last decades that can lend an impression of women's domesticity that was by no means general. The paper concludes that, today, bush pilots retain their particular glamour, being well-equipped and trained with every benefit of modern communications and navigation, and still risking unusual, even ridiculous situations.

Outline:
Introduction
A Twentieth-Century Progression
Medical Services in Northern Canada
Saskatchewan
Training of Pilots and Medical Staff
Concluding Discussion

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"With socialized medicine as a federal Canadian addition, outpost infirmaries and hospitals were incorporated into local communities but some memoirs refer to occasional doctors who carried on in remote service, radioing instructions to particular flying companies or pilots; instructions arrived via Royal Canadian Air Force stations, too, in a continuing range of services that has by no means subsided with the advent of tele-medicine. Nursing were sometimes found in contract posts who might be better described today as physician's assistants in their obstetrical and orthopedic skills, not a few of them turning to surgery where there was no doctor and air evacuation impossible in time to save lives. (Larmour 1988) The international profession of nursing took considerable interest in the post-World War II decades in what Canadian provinces and territories were beginning to pioneer in nursing stations, infirmaries, public information on when to bring patients to radio dispatch centres and all else done and learned by practitioners in the course of northern or Arctic service. (Waller 1964, King 1968, Smith 1972)"

Tags:health, care, aviation, history, air, force, women

Abstract
This paper examines the medical college of Georgia Hospital and Clinics' helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS). This was utilized until the cost of operations and the demands on the service proved too high. The paper discusses the benefits of the HEMS. The study suggests that organizational and financial mismanagement of the initial HEMS resulted in its failure. Suggested reform strategies are analysed.

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"The Medical College of Georgia Hospital and Clinics maintained a helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) until the cost of operations and the demands on the service proved unfair for certain facilities. The benefits of the HEMS were significant. However, HEMS helped promote increased survival rates through identifying the needs of the patient and through transporting the patients and the current case study attempts to promote a feasible alternative to a specialist tertiary clinic. The current case study suggests that organizational and financial mismanagement of the initial HEMS resulted in failure, and that an appropriate reform strategy is accomplished through promoting an increased focus on organizational and financial management, as well as options designed to improve the services offered by the HEMS while also reducing the operational costs found therein. Suggested reform strategies include separating the HEMS.."

Tags:case, study, health

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"People's lives often depend upon the quick reaction and competent care of emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics, who represent for many the "front line" of caregivers in the American public health system (Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2000. EMTs provide prehospital services, including emergency care and transportation for the injured and the ill (Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2000). The purpose of this brief report is to examine, from a managerial perspective, the efficacy and efficiency of combining emergency medical services (EMS) with the operations of a city's or township's fire department. A general overview of the roles of EMTs and of EMS will be provided as a framework for this discussion.

EMS generally consist of an assortment of trauma, accident, rescue and medical care and services that are provided by EMTs who..."

Abstract
This paper explains that the firefighter daycare center will provide a staff of qualified professionals, all of whom are certified with Early Childhood Education (ECE) diplomas, and, above all else, flexible and affordable. The author points out that the daycare will aspire to attract clientele, gain corporate and community sponsorship in an effort to reduce costs, and provide adequate services and seek out volunteers to help manage operating costs. The paper concludes that, in the event that EMSDS does not find adequate resources with which to conduct business in its first year, it will postpone arrangements to open approximately one year later. Charts.

Table of Contents
Introduction/Executive Summary
Vision
Situational Analysis
Market Demographics
Market Summary
Market Needs
Market Trends
Market Forecast/Growth
SWOT
Competition
Mission
Market Objectives
Marketing Mix
Pricing
Competition
Selling Methods
Financial Data
Breakeven
Implementation
Contingency

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"The daycare industry is growing. The childcare services industry is one of the most rapidly growing markets, expanding in part due to accommodate the increasingly high demand for quality services. In 1999 the market for childcare services topped out at more than $3.5 billion. The market is expected to surpass $60 billion in revenues in the upcoming years, in part due to the fact that both parents typically are now working in the labor force. "Child care expenses by households rose 15.7% between 1986 and 1999 alone". "Formal daycare service providers in 1999 earned revenues of approximately $1.8 billion, with expenses toping out at approximately $1.7 billion, leaving more than $96 million in profits for daycare providers". The profit margin is approximately 5.3%."

Tags:volunteer, resources, sponsorship, flexible, cost

Abstract
The following paper deals with recent merger activity in Philips Medical Systems Company and its result. This paper also takes a look at the company's competitors and the market situation including growth strategies. The writer provides a SWOT analysis for factors affecting future success.

From the Paper
"It is predicted that device start-ups will be fewer and riskier. Both the FDA and physicians are demanding trials that prove clinical efficacy, raising the cost and therefore the risk of starting new companies. That means these firms will have to target larger markets, which by their very nature will require a change in medical practice and thus also a more expensive selling effort this is good news for established companies like Philips, who have an edge in the market by their established presence and size.Merrill Lynch is currently rating Philips stock as a strong buy , indicating that it has a good position, strategy including impending cost cuts and profitability driven by its medical business, which is strong and has good indications of future growth given the factors above stated."

Tags:Sales, employment, figures, adjusted, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, figures, selected, companies, relevant, data, companies, data, receive, lowest, ranking

Abstract
In this article, the writer studies literature on the subject of cooperation and coordination in communications between pilots and air traffic control. The writer discusses that the successful negotiation of emergency situations demands a full-
spectrum application of technical competence, experience, as well as the all-important efficiency of communications with air traffic control. The literature evaluated in the paper encompasses the most important issues arising in contemporary civilian aviation in connection with emergency communications between pilots and air traffic controllers. The writer notes that the literature also details the need for mutual coordination between pilots and controllers with respect to potentially ambiguous descriptions in applicable federal regulation delineating their respective emergency-avoidance responsibilities.

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"Myriad factors can either adversely affect the ability of pilots to successfully negotiate emergencies; in that regard, some of the most crucial include: (1) a mutual commitment to a team approach on the part of both pilots and air traffic controllers, (2) preparedness for unanticipated circumstances, (3) the ability to process information in real time and deduce the optimal responses required by specific events, (4) bi-directional clarity of communications, (5) preplanning of emergency procedures, (6) appropriate responses to dynamic changes in flight plans and landing approaches, (7) the availability and reliability of emergency avoidance equipment, (8) the ability to avoid tunnel vision in crises including thinking "out of the box," and (9) procedural rules and federal regulation that provide appropriate and unambiguous protocols outlining the hierarchy of respective responsibilities between flight crews and air traffic control as well as between and among various segments of air traffic control."

Tags:efficiency, responses, flight, crews, traffic, control

Abstract
This paper examines emergency medical services (EMS). It outlines their responsibilities, their organization and their operations. It also looks at current and future issues facing EMSs.

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This research paper is on women airforce service pilots and the vital role they played in the Second World War test-piloting, ferrying aircraft, and towing targets. Sources consulted include "On Silver Wings" by Marianne Verges, "A Wasp Among Eagles" by Ann Carl, and "Women Pilots of WW II" by Jean Hascall Cole.

Tags:women's, air, force

Abstract
The paper explains how documentation is important when an emergency medical technician renders aid to a patient when he/she is ill, critically injured or hurt. Documentation would enable the hospital to keep a track of what type of treatment has been given to the patient, and how he/she responded to the treatment given. The paper illustrates how organizations have made lists of rules and regulations to help those people responsible for documentation while taking care of their patient. This ensures that they would be able to perform their duty efficiently, as well as provide the important documentation needed for the administration of the hospital.

Contents:
Thesis Statement
Introduction
Conclusion

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"An Emergency Medical Technician, who has been able to successfully establish an EMT-patient relationship by the mere fact that he was the individual who had begun emergency care for the patient that he is taking care of at the present time, has a responsibility and a duty to make sure that he take care of that patient until such time that help arrives in the form of a specialist or some other person who can relieve the emergency medical technician. It must be noted that this relief generally comes when the patient reaches the hospital, and the report made by the EMT is submitted to the attending staff. At times, when it so happens that the patient is not actually transported by the first arriving EMT but by another provider, then it is the duty of the first EMT to give a full report on the patient to the second arriving EMT, who would be taking over the care of the patient from that point of time onwards."

Tags:patient, administration, EMT, treatment