AERIAL AMBULANCE

IN THIS OHIO EXPERIMENT A HELICOPTER WITH MEDICAL PERSONNEL ABOARD SPEEDS ACCIDENT VICTIMS TO THE HOSPITAL. PILOTS USING THE UH-19D (SIKORSKY S-55) ARE LINKED WITH PATROL HEADQUARTERS AND WITH POLICE CRUISERS BY SHORT WAVE RADIO. COSTS OF $2200 PER MONTH FOR MAINTENANCE ARE EQUATED TO THE THREE LIVES SAVED IN THE FIRST MONTH. GOALS IN THE COLUMBUS MEDICOPTER EXPERIMENT WERE TO TEST FEASIBILITY OF MOVING CRITICAL PATIENTS TO HOSPITALS AND MOVING PHYSICIANS AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT TO ACCIDENT SITES ON HIGHWAYS. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 43, No 9, PP 9-13
• Corporate Authors:

  Bee-hive /United Aircraft

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• Authors:
  • Mcclung, F
• Publication Date: 1968

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communication systems; Costs; Crash victims; Disasters and emergency operations; Hazards and emergency operations; Helicopters; Medical services; Police vehicles; Radio
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220691
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 7 1971 12:00AM