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  • Title: Air ambulance regulations: a model.
    Author: Thomas F, Gibbons H, Clemmer TP.
    Journal: Aviat Space Environ Med; 1986 Jul; 57(7):699-705. PubMed ID: 3741293.
    Abstract:
    Prior attempts at establishing minimal federal air ambulance regulations and standards have been unsuccessful. However, reports of poor patient medical care during transport by some air ambulance services is now forcing many states to initiate air ambulance regulations. In 1984, the State of Utah Emergency Medical Services convened a special subcommittee to develop aeromedical regulations for the State of Utah. Using a three-level approach based upon the patient's requirements for basic, advanced, or specialized medical care and the urgency of transport, the subcommittee was able to derive medical categories necessary for the selection and utilization of air ambulance services. Minimum air ambulance regulations were then established for aircraft configuration, flight crew requirements, minimal equipment and medications, and the responsibilities of the medical director or designee for each of the three levels of medical care. We conclude that the application of a levels approach based upon the patient's medical requirements may be useful in assisting other states attempting to establish flexible but specific regulations directed at the safe transport of patients by aeromedical evacuation.
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