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1. www.smdailyjournal.com
www.smdailyjournal.com/article - [Cached]Published on: 7/2/2008 Last Visited: 7/2/2008
Dr. Bryan Bledsoe, an emergency medicine physician who teaches at the University of Nevada and has researched accident rates of medical helicopters, said the flights benefit only a small subset of patients, such as those needing a cardiac stent or balloon within a 90-minute window.
But helicopters aren't necessary for transporting most other patients and needlessly expose them to danger, Bledsoe said.
While helicopters are faster than ground transportation, traditional ambulances can often get patients there quicker, given the difficulty of finding places to land helicopters and the decision sometimes to turn off the engines when the aircraft arrives and then power them up again when it is time to take off, Bledsoe said.
Bledsoe said two out of three patients transported by an EMS helicopter generally have minor injuries, and one in four is sent home without being admitted to the hospital.The standards for the severity of injuries for transporting people are too low, he said.
"It's an amazingly liberal criteria, and because the industry is driven by profit, there is little movement to change it," Bledsoe said. -
2. www.sunjournal.com
www.sunjournal.com/story/27250 - [Cached]Published on: 7/1/2008 Last Visited: 7/1/2008
Dr. Bryan Bledsoe, an emergency medicine physician who teaches at the University of Nevada and has researched accident rates of medical helicopters, said the flights benefit only a small subset of patients, such as those needing a cardiac stent or balloon within a 90-minute window.
But helicopters aren't necessary for transporting most other patients and needlessly expose them to danger, Bledsoe said.
While helicopters are faster than ground transportation, traditional ambulances can often get patients there quicker, given the difficulty of finding places to land helicopters and the decision sometimes to turn off the engines when the aircraft arrives and then power them up again when it is time to take off, Bledsoe said.
Bledsoe said two out of three patients transported by an EMS helicopter generally have minor injuries, and one in four is sent home without being admitted to the hospital.The standards for the severity of injuries for transporting people are too low, he said.
"It's an amazingly liberal criteria, and because the industry is driven by profit, there is little movement to change it," Bledsoe said. -
3. www.ironmountaindailynews.com
www.ironmountaindailynews.com/ - [Cached]Published on: 7/1/2008 Last Visited: 7/1/2008
Dr. Bryan Bledsoe, an emergency medicine physician who teaches at the University of Nevada and has researched accident rates of medical helicopters, said the flights benefit only a small subset of patients, such as those needing a cardiac stent or balloon within a 90-minute window.
But helicopters aren't necessary for transporting most other patients and needlessly expose them to danger, Bledsoe said.
While helicopters are faster than ground transportation, traditional ambulances can often get patients there quicker, given the difficulty of finding places to land helicopters and the decision sometimes to turn off the engines when the aircraft arrives and then power them up again when it is time to take off, Bledsoe said.
Bledsoe said two out of three patients transported by an EMS helicopter generally have minor injuries, and one in four is sent home without being admitted to the hospital.The standards for the severity of injuries for transporting people are too low, he said.
"It's an amazingly liberal criteria, and because the industry is driven by profit, there is little movement to change it," Bledsoe said.
