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Fatal Flights
The nation's medevac programs are dominated by private companies with stiff competition and widespread safety failings. The high rate of accidents in the medical helicopter field is due to entrenched complacency. The Post uproots the severe lack of safety in a field the public typically views as heroic.
Tags: medevac; helicopter; hospitals; safety; Washington Post; patient; rescue; Federal Aviation Administration; National Transportation Safety Board; deaths; crash; medical; flight; crew;
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Trauma in the Air: Victims Wait for Help
This investigation revealed that seriously injured trauma victims needlessly wait up to an extra half hour for help from New Jersey State Police medevac helicopters, when privately-operated medevac helicopters are just minutes away. This situation exists because of a three way battle between the state police, the state-run hospital system and private helicopters.
Tags: patient safety; hospitals; health; dispatchers; emergency care
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Air Ambulances going under FAA Microscope
Pittsburgh Press documents safety and operational problems in nation's helicopter medical evacuation system; reporter uses FOIA and computer database and rides with medevac teams, finding poor pilot training, poor aircraft design and competitive pressures on hospitals to send up flight teams in bad weather.
Tags: NTSB; ASHBEAM; helicopters; regulations; CAR