THE AIR AMBULANCE: QUICK MEDICAL RESPONSE IN EMERGENCIES
A SIMULATED SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENT TESTED THE CONCEPT OF THE AIR AMBULANCE AT THE NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF AIR MOBILITY IN COMMUNITY SERVICE. AT 3:30 PM IN OUTLYING BOSTON SUBURBS, THE SCHOOL BUS STAGED A CRASH AGAINST A HIGHWAY LIGHT POLE AT THE JUNCTION OF ROUTES 95 AND 128. STATE TROOPERS ARRIVED AT 3:32 PM IN PATROL CARS EQUIPPED WITH CUSTOMARY FIRST AID KITS, AND BLANKETS. THEY EVACUATED EIGHT INJURED PUPILS AND RADIOED FOR AID. A POLICE SURVEILLANCE HELICOPTER, WITH HOOTER AUDIBLE FROM THE GROUND, LANDED ON THE CLEARED HIGHWAY AT 3:44 PM TO AID IN TRAFFIC CONTROL. THE AMBULANCE HELICOPTERS BEGAN ARRIVING, IN SEQUENCE, AT 3:49 PM. THEY REMAINED ON THE GROUND FROM THREE TO FIVE MINUTES SO THE PATIENTS COULD BE TREATED, PLACED ON STRETCHERS AND LOADED ABOARD. EACH HELICOPTER CARRIED TWO PATIENTS. FLIGHT TIME TO AND FROM THE HOSPITAL TOTALLED 20 MINUTES. TO MAKE MAXIMUM UTILIZATION OF AN EXPENSIVE EMERGENCY VEHICLE, IT SHOULD BE A MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLE. IN ITS OTHER ROLES, IT MAY CONTROL RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC, ASSIST AT FIRES, PROVIDE NIGHT SURVEILLANCE OF STREETS AND SHOPPING CENTERS, AND PERFORM AERIAL SURVEYS AND MAPPING.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Vol 18, pp 34-37, 11 PHOT
- Publication Date: 1970
Media Info
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aerial surveying; Emergency vehicles; Helicopters; Mapping; Police patrol; School buses; Simulation; Traffic crashes; Traffic surveillance
- Old TRIS Terms: Aerial surveys
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00221074
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Sep 28 1970 12:00AM