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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Air Ambulance"”.
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Percutaneous coronary intervention, repatriation and unplanned readmissions: Characteristics of percutaneous coronary intervention patients who experience an unplanned readmission after repatriation from a tertiary hospital
BACKGROUND The use of air ambulances to transport cardiac patients has grown rapidly over the past decade in New Zealand. There were in excess of 3000 fixed wing air ambulance missions flown in 2005. Both pressurized and unpressurized air ambulances are used. The altitude exposure guidelines for …
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A kernel approach to the estimation of performance measures in a helicopter ambulance service with missing data
… different operational scenarios for a regional air ambulance service-company which has bases in Northern California. Two of these bases serve the land areas encompassed roughly in a circular area of radius 100 miles centered in Gilroy and Salinas, respectively; with a large part of their …
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The Effects of SMS Implementation on Safety Culture Within Helicopter Emergency Medical Services
… within FAR Part 121 operations with U.S. airports and FAR Part 135 operators coming next. An assessment of the implementation of voluntary SMS programs and their effects on safety culture within major U.S. Helicopter Air Ambulance (HAA) operators was conducted. This study is designed to …
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Rescue activity of a civilian helicopter emergency medical service in the western cape, South Africa: a five-year retrospective review
… emergency medical service (HEMS) conducting air ambulance, terrestrial and aquatic rescue. This is the first description of the operations of an African helicopter rescue service. Objective - To describe the terrestrial and aquatic helicopter rescue activity of a civilian operated HEMS in the …
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An Analysis of Helicopter EMS Accidents using HFACS: 2000-2012
… of growth, a disturbing trend emerged in the air ambulance sector. In the early 1980s, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) observed a marked rise in aviation accidents involving ambulance helicopters. Since then it has been observed that there are a disproportionate number of …
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Safety Return on Investment (ROI): The Broader Adoption of Rotorcraft CFIT-Avoidance Technology
… cost categories were based on categories used in airline research and modified for the rotorcraft industry. Using the formula, ROI = Net benefits divided by safety technology adoption costs, ROI values were generated in multiple iterations of the Monte Carlo simulation. The net benefits were …
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An Analysis of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services and Human Error Contributors to Accidents
<p>Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) is a growing industry that provides a vital service to transport critically ill or injured patients to healthcare facilities. This growth has come with an increase in rates of HEMS crashes and fatalities. Certain types of events commonly precede HEMS …