AIR MEDICAL EVACUATION SYSTEM /AMES/-DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. FINAL REPORT

AN AIR MEDICAL EVACUATION SYSTEM, WHICH INCORPORATES THE HELICOPTER, WELL-TRAINED PARA-MEDICAL PERSONNEL, AND A WELL DESIGNED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPED AND TESTED IN 1969-1970 BY THE ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY. THE TWO SPECIALLY EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT CARRIED THE PILOT AND A PATROLMAN. BOTH MEN HAD RECEIVED OVER 150 HOURS IN AN ADVANCED IN-HOSPITAL TRAINING PROGRAM. THREE PHYSICIANS MONITORED THE SYSTEM CONTINUOUSLY. HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS ACCOUNTED FOR APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE MISSIONS FLOWN INVOLVING PATIENTS. OTHER MEDICAL EMERGENCIES, SEARCH, AND SURVEILLANCE MISSIONS ALSO WERE INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECT. PATIENTS WERE EVALUATED WITH A QUANTITATIVE SCORING SYSTEM. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDED ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS OF COST AND OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS OF CIVILIAN AIR MEDICAL SYSTEMS. CRITERIA WERE DEVELOPED FOR SUITABILITY OF PATIENTS FOR AIR EVACUATION, ON SCENE FIRST AID, STANDARDS OF EVACUATION CARE, COMFORT OF PATIENT, TELEMETRY, AND CHOICE OF RECEIVING HOSPITAL. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 226 Pp, 27 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Arizona State University, Tempe

  206 South 17th Avenue
  Tempe, AZ  United States  85281
• Publication Date: 1970-5

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aviation medicine; Communication systems; Costs; Disasters and emergency operations; Emergency medical services; Evacuation; First aid; Hazards and emergency operations; Helicopters; Medical services; Patients; Personnel; Telemetry; Traffic crashes
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221147
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 26 1971 12:00AM