Helicopter Crash
Helicopter-based emergency medical services (HEMS) offers critical care to patients in rural settings, or when ground ambulances or medical facilities are too far away, or the patient requires a more advanced level of specialty care. However, the ability to get patients to definitive care quickly comes at a risk. This topic covers medical helicopter crashes and the brave EMS providers, pilots and healthcare practitioners who serve their communities from above. (Photo/Oneida County Sheriff’s Office via AP)
Every ground ambulance and helicopter crash has different causal factors, but we must look at system design and safety behaviors to prevent further crashes
The arguments for EMS use of helicopters are unchanged despite the high risk and lack of benefit to patients
Mercy Flight suspended operations following the incident at an annual factory training
The NTSB and the FAA are investigating the deaths of James E. Sauer and Stewart M. Dietrick during the annual Bell Helicopter factory training
The helicopter was reportedly on a training mission at the time of the crash
L.A. County Fire airlifted a severely injured patient to a hospital
The onboard paramedic said the helicopter rolled in the air, pinning himself and the flight nurse to the ceiling before they could secure the patient
The pilot, Danial Moore, was wheeled out of the emergency room to applause from first responders
The pilot, who was injured more severely than the onboard nurse and paramedic, is being compared to Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger
The infant and crew members were all transported to local hospitals
The family of Flight Nurse Rachel Cunningham is suing the operator of Survival Flight, alleging safety violations in the helicopter crash that killed three
The crash in Minnesota killed the pilot and a flight nurse, and seriously injured a flight medic
The memorial at Elko Regional Airport includes a bronze plaque inscribed with the names of the pilots, flight medics and flight nurses killed in the Access Air and American MedFlight crashes
Officials said the private ambulance helicopter crashed near the helipad at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center
The bill was introduced after reports that first responders took photos at the scene of a helicopter crash that killed nine people, including basketball star Kobe Bryant
The NTSB said “inadequate management of safety” led to the crash that killed two flight nurses and the pilot
A proposed bill would impose a penalty of up to a year in jail and $5,000 in fines for first responders who take unauthorized photos of crime or accident victims
The National Transportation Safety Board released its factual report on the crash that killed a pilot and two crewmembers
A coroner said he believes the pilot most likely had a heart attack while landing the helicopter
The report on the Ohio crash that killed three in January said employees felt pressured to take flights despite dangerous weather conditions
The preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board Thursday drew no conclusions on what caused the North Memorial Health helicopter to crash
North Memorial Health of Robbinsdale, the hospital that owns the helicopter, identifies the pilot as Tim McDonald and the nurse as Deb Schott
North Memorial Air Care helicopter crash at Minn. regional airport kills pilot and nurse, injures third crew member
New York City Fire Department officials said the pilot was being treated for a non-life-threatening injury after the helicopter landed in the river
The remains of helicopter pilot Jennifer Topper were returned to Santa Rosa, delivered safely by her mother under ceremonial escort
Pilot Jennifer L. Topper and and flight nurses Bradley J. Haynes and Rachel L. Cunningham were killed in a crash while en route to pick up a patient
Pilot Jennifer Topper and flight nurses Bradley Haynes and Rachel Cunningham were all killed when the Survival Flight helicopter crashed
Derek Boehm said the Native Air crew was on its last flight of the day when the helicopter crashed into a remote part of the Superstition Mountains in 2015
Rico Caruso, Klint Mitchell and Greg Rosenthal were killed when the Ascension Wisconsin Spirit helicopter crashed on its way back to its base
“Mayday, mayday, mayday,” the pilot is heard saying during the crash Sunday night. “East River — engine failure”
The helicopter, a private charter hired for a photo shoot, went down near Gracie Mansion, the mayoral residence
Six passengers and a pilot were on board the the Papillion Grand Canyon Helicopters choppers when it crashed under unknown circumstances
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