USE OF THE HELICOPTER AS AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE IN THE CIVILIAN ENVIRONMENT

Eighty-four medical schools, 50 Sate Highway Patrols and 12 private hospitals were surveyed by questionnaires to gather information regarding the present status and the anticipated need for the utilization of the helicopter in civilian medical care. There was was general recognition by medical and police agencies of a need for helicopter transportation in certain situations.

• Corporate Authors:

  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

  428 East Preston Street
  Baltimore, MD  United States  21202
• Authors:
  • Turner, H S
  • Ellingson, H V
• Publication Date: 1970-2

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Aerospace Medicine
  • Publisher: Aerospace Medical Association

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Emergency medical services; Emergency vehicles; Helicopters
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00073165
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: FLIGHT TRANSPORTATION LABORATORY, MIT DEPT. OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS
• Report/Paper Numbers: None
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 5 1974 12:00AM