HELICOPTERS IN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE - NHTSA (NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION) EXPERIENCE TO DATE, DECEMBER 1972

• NCJ Number: 17262
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 27 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Admin
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DOCUMENTATION OF NHTSA EFFORTS TO STUDY THE ROLE OF THE HELICOPTER IN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE FROM MID - 1967 TO MID - 1972.

Abstract

NINE PROJECTS WHICH UTILIZED HELICOPTERS ARE ABSTRACTED. THEY INCLUDE THE PENNSYLVANIA PROJECT, NEBRASKA PROJECT (OPERATION SKY-AID), EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE SYSTEMS PROJECT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - LOS ANGELES, THE METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON (DC) COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS PROJECT, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FOR AN URBAN AREA PROJECT IN DETROIT, MI, AIR MEDICAL EVACUATION SYSTEM AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, HELICOPTER AMBULANCE SERVICE TO EMERGENCIES (HASTE) PROJECT OF THE METROPOLITAN INTER-COUNTY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS (MN), COORDINATED ACCIDENT RESCUE ENDEAVOR - STATE OF MISSISSIPPI (CARE-SOM) PROJECT, AND, FINALLY, MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO SAFETY AND TRAFFIC (MAST) PROJECT.