I see a lot of US HEMS bashing from around the world. Does anyone have easy access to the following:
US HEMS accident rate- fatal and non-fatal per 100,000 hours? Or 100,00 patient transports.
UK HEMS accident rate- "
Canadian HEMS accident rate- "
German HEMS accident rate- "
Australian HEMS accident rate- "
Commercial helicopter accident rates for the same countries per 100,000 hours.
Private helicopter accident rates for the same countries per 100,000 hours.
Number of HEMS machines on duty in each of the same countries and availability ie day, night and weather conditions.
This information would make interesting charts. I imagine it is coallated somewhere and someone here probably has easy access.
I like to tell the pilots I train that there were sick and injured people long before there was helicopters. The patient has to be stable before we even load them. A broken helicopter and/or crew will do that patient no good. "Above all, do no harm".
Last edited by mfriskel; 28th Aug 2011 at 20:24.