The report discusses safety issues identified during the Safety Board's special investigation of 55 emergency medical services (EMS) aircraft accidents that occurred in the United States between January 2002 and January 2005. Safety issues discussed in this report focus on less stringent requirements for EMS operations conducted without patients on board, a lack of aviation flight risk evaluation programs for EMS operations, a lack of consistent, comprehensive flight dispatch procedures for EMS operations, and no requirements to use technologies such as terrain awareness and warning systems to enhance EMS flight safety.


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    Title :

    National Transportation Safety Board Highway Special Investigation Report: Emergency Medical Services Operations


    Publication date :

    2006


    Size :

    88 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English