Safety of HEMS
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Safety of HEMS
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Guthrie One
January 26, 19914 fatalitiesIFR vs. VFR
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Of the 55 accidents that occurred between January 2002 and January 2005, thefollowing seven were considered to provide the best examples of the safety issuesinvolved:
• Salt Lake City, Utah (FTW03FA082). On January 10, 2003, an EMS
helicopter crashed into terrain while maneuvering in dense fog on an aborted mission to pick up a patient. The pilot and flight paramedic were killed, and the flight nurse was seriously injured.
Helicopter shopping
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VFR into IMCOf the seven best examples all involved VFR
into IMC
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1972- 2008264 accidentsTotal occupants 797Fatal accident 98Total fatalities 264
Weather was a significant factor in 19% of all HEMS accidents.
Of all crashes in which weather was a factor, 56% were fatal to one or more occupants.
In comparison, 34% of all crashes in which weather was NOT a factor were fatal to one or more occupants.
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NTSB risk assessment• The occupational risk to HEMS
crewmembers of being killed in a crash was 164 per 100,000 in 2008.
This risk is higher than traditional high-risk occupations such as commercial fishing (112 per 100,000) or logging (86 per 100,000).
In comparison, the risk to patients of dying in HEMS accidents was 0.76 per 100,000 patients.
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Reasons for riskHelicopter shoppingRevenue generating methods
Gov. fundedHospital fundedPrivately funded
Cost of IFR programs
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Maryland
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Solution Ntsb recommendations not thoroughly
implementedCongress started new regulations More is needed