WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE ACCIDENT?

IT HAS BEEN ESTIMATED THAT 40% OF HIGHWAY ACCIDENT FATALITIES COULD BE SAVED BY MODERNIZING ALL ELEMENTS OF THE TRAFFIC CRASH RESPONSE, WHILE 25% OF THOSE PERMANENTLY DISABLED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WOULD NOT BE CRIPPLED. THE CRITICAL FACTORS ARE RESPONSE TIME, CARE AT THE SCENE AND EN ROUTE TO AN EMERGENCY FACILITY, AND TRAVEL TIME. MILITARY AND CIVILIAN EXPERIENCE WITH THE USE OF HELICOPTERS AS FLYING EMERGENCY WARDS IS DESCRIBED; FUNCTIONS, ADMINISTRATION, AND COSTS ARE DISCUSSED, AND POSSIBLE CONSTRAINTS IN VARIOUS TYPES OF TERRAIN AND CLIMATE ARE MENTIONED.

• Record URL:
  • https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015021808863?urlappend=%3Bseq=315
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00410713
• Corporate Authors:

  Eno Transportation Foundation

  1250 I Street, NW, Suite 750
  Washington, DC  United States  20005
• Authors:
  • Wegmann, F J
  • Wyant, W D
  • Jordan, R
• Publication Date: 1972-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 299-314
• Serial:
  • Traffic Quarterly
  • Volume: 26
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
  • ISSN: 0041-0713

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Disasters and emergency operations; Emergency response time; Emergency vehicles; Fatalities; Hazards and emergency operations; Helicopters; Medical services; Reaction time
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226375
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 3 2001 12:00AM