tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.comments2023-11-15T22:51:56.140-08:00HelicopterEMS.comDan Fouldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00967225641362222953noreply@blogger.comBlogger164125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post-11832748279276062872021-02-21T07:37:49.341-08:002021-02-21T07:37:49.341-08:00Always loved flying with Bobby.Always loved flying with Bobby.John Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065909549392026940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post-34230085760593215762020-10-07T05:14:53.015-07:002020-10-07T05:14:53.015-07:00Air ambulance service by https://www.airambulance1...Air ambulance service by <a href="https://www.airambulance1.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.airambulance1.com</a> has a crucial role in both the life and death of patients if they met with severe accidents or if multiple casualties occur. Brennan Swordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12196077834616637449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post-5440921488330053112020-01-31T02:23:13.955-08:002020-01-31T02:23:13.955-08:00I was one of the first IFR grads of onmuflight bac...I was one of the first IFR grads of onmuflight back in 1980. My father has a 206A outfitted for basic IFR. N866FR. They sent a USAF officer to give me mycheckride as the rating was so new the FAA did not yet have a DPE. Omiflight was a class operation, very cutting edge, they had one of the first IFR rotor sims in the office. I passed and was issued the 100th rotor IFR rating in the US they told me....great times!FAP333https://www.blogger.com/profile/01600776436787853992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post-21603719789646803352019-07-08T03:19:23.713-07:002019-07-08T03:19:23.713-07:00These electrode pads provide adequate charge del...These <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Electrodes-Replacement-Reusable-Electrode-Electrotherapy/dp/B07QDSG48P" rel="nofollow"> electrode pads </a> provide adequate charge delivery not just with efficacy but also with safety, preventing the incidence of burns, shock and other injuries. The right amount of charge delivery makes the therapy more effective and achieves the results in lesser time and brings relief to the user almost instantly. SantaMedicalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13838247875725919875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post-17082266311898990702019-02-17T07:46:54.434-08:002019-02-17T07:46:54.434-08:00I believe in Air Medical. Anyone who knows me, kno...I believe in Air Medical. Anyone who knows me, knows that to be the absolute truth. I also believe in the crews that fly on those aircraft, the folks on the ground who call, and the folks in the hospitals that take care of those that are flown. They do good work, and the vast majority do the work for the right reasons. But I also believe that collection practices in the name of profit margins, not operating costs, are what put the spotlight on the industry in a negative manner. The way the air medical companies react to it doesn’t help as well. We recently had a case of this in my area. A person was flown from an outlying hospital to a major referral center for specialized care. Did they need to go? Absolutely. Did they need to be flown? Again, absolutely. The bill was around $66k. That’s not where the problem was. The problem came about when their insurance paid $36k, and then they received aggressive collections attempts for the other $30k. Now there are bills being filed in the state house, and the spotlight is shining. And when the spotlight shines on these bills, what do the companies do?? Turtle. They go into a shell, and tell everyone to keep their mouth shut, while some corporate spokesperson blames the insurance industry for not paying enough, and an insurance spokesperson retorts by saying that the air medical companies are just too greedy and unwilling to negotiate fair rates. So instead of explaining to the public WHY a bill is so high, WHY air medical is expensive (but also WHY it is necessary) it instead turns into a he-said-she-said blame game. And the general public hates that stuff. The industry needs to get away from that and do more “PR” as well as “marketing”. Take a page out of the Fire Rescue playbook. Tell everyone YES, it is expensive, YES, we are needed, and THIS is why.JoJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15312589543036289815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post-31667743120158084392019-01-24T07:51:04.508-08:002019-01-24T07:51:04.508-08:00Amen! Let’s communicate with an open mind about h...Amen! Let’s communicate with an open mind about how other people conduct themselves in the HAA world as well as other disciplines of rotary wing flight. It’s a terrible thing when pride, over-confidence or fear leads someone down a slippery slope right to a crash site. All of us can learn something from others.Taylor Pettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16461745585441476747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post-42387023819052196732018-10-01T22:16:37.033-07:002018-10-01T22:16:37.033-07:00Aρpreciate this post. Will try it out.Aρpreciate this post. Will try it out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post-47223071457201588632018-09-11T12:49:44.872-07:002018-09-11T12:49:44.872-07:00Max Polyakov, the founder of Firefly Aerospace, sh...<a href="https://gineersnow.com/tags/maxs-polyakov-firefly" rel="nofollow">Max Polyakov, the founder of Firefly Aerospace, shares info about their new engine in this review</a>. Click to open and find the most interesting details.Leonie Daecherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08563760596713364986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post-45247663800368127322018-06-21T12:19:13.717-07:002018-06-21T12:19:13.717-07:00Good catch! Good catch! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post-961877982934450352018-06-21T09:30:41.763-07:002018-06-21T09:30:41.763-07:00The Colgan crash happened just outside Buffalo-Nia...The Colgan crash happened just outside Buffalo-Niagara Falls International Airport.Skip K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00896903692937526501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post-13212005592746365692018-06-14T09:22:21.546-07:002018-06-14T09:22:21.546-07:00And that was the beginning of a great friendship!
...And that was the beginning of a great friendship!<br />Dan Fouldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00967225641362222953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post-57109781593944043502018-05-06T05:59:26.899-07:002018-05-06T05:59:26.899-07:00Hi there, thanks for taking the time to comment. I...Hi there, thanks for taking the time to comment. I agree with you that we should be reimbursed as a provider of healthcare. And I also believe that we should be reimbursed as a transport provider. We offer both quality of care and speed of transport, and from what I have read, reducing "out of hospital time" is good for patients. (Although Dr. Ira Blumen has half-jokingly commented that the real risk to patients occurs as they are offloaded and wheeled into a hospital.) Here's my logic on basing reimbursement on the type and capability of the helicopter being operated: The government has a role in ensuring that health care is available. Since tertiary care is a scarce resource, we need to be able to rapidly transport patients to where the care is available. The problem with a VFR single engine helicopter is that they are rendered "ineffective" by low ceilings, visibility, and moderate rain or snow. The companies operating these aircraft tout their ability to do a job, but they refuse flights for weather a significant portion of the time. Or, worse, they accept flights when they should not and people get killed. While the IFR twin is grounded for ice or thunderstorms, they ARE able to live up to the promise significantly more often that the VFR single. Relating to your comment of CT scanners... Imagine if someone produced a scanner that was half as expensive to purchase, but only rendered low quality images that required more "guesses" as to what wass going on inside the patient. Would we tolerate the bill for that less-capable scan being equal to the bill for the scanners in use today? I think not. It's not the size of the aircraft that should differentiate the reimbursement, it's the capability that counts. I flew SE helicopters for several years in EMS, and they CAN do the job in many case, and for many patients. But there is no comparison between an Astar or 407 and an IFR EC-145. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts. Dan Fouldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00967225641362222953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post-40332153159626451572018-05-06T04:00:25.925-07:002018-05-06T04:00:25.925-07:00How about getting paid as a Healthcare benefit, ra...How about getting paid as a Healthcare benefit, rather than a Transportation benefit? Then if you fly really sick patients to tertiary care centers you could bill for the high tech care. If you fly ALS patients in rural areas, you would get paid for that. <br />Not sure it makes sense to pay for healthcare based on the equipment, though. If we were talking CT scanners instead of helicopters, no one would agree to pay more for the scan based on the size of the scanner. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13501407236538252638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post-49143070247091549722018-02-20T05:58:57.921-08:002018-02-20T05:58:57.921-08:00Hey what a brilliant post I have come across and b...Hey what a brilliant post I have come across and believe me I have been searching out for this similar kind of post for past a week and hardly came across this. Thank you very much and will look for more postings from you. <a href="http://www.airambulance.net/" rel="nofollow">Air Ambulance Services</a><br />blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09235236812515404846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post-9589368247128798382018-02-13T09:36:08.893-08:002018-02-13T09:36:08.893-08:00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkJuBgJ0qiM&t=...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkJuBgJ0qiM&t=1sUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689713296480679280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post-45864440954670638852017-10-10T22:46:50.951-07:002017-10-10T22:46:50.951-07:00I truly like to reading your post, discussion dron...I truly like to reading your post, discussion drone pilot a HEMS pilot. Thank you so much for taking the time to share such nice information.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.mydronecanada.ca/droneshttps://www.mydronecanada.ca/drones" rel="nofollow">Drone Copter</a>Jordane Girryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13794267272045512119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post-49632441189668850942017-08-23T16:16:03.778-07:002017-08-23T16:16:03.778-07:00we had one pilot who verbally went through the ch...we had one pilot who verbally went through the checklist prior to every takeoff once when he did not do it we questioned him about the change in his routine and then he id it. his verbal confirmation made the flight much more assuring to the crew. only wish every pilot did it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post-87142632612152968952017-07-27T05:24:03.906-07:002017-07-27T05:24:03.906-07:0018.5 million dollars can't bring back the deat...18.5 million dollars can't bring back the death people but if it was mistake of hospital then they got what they deserve. Some relief for the family of the victim<a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/nancy-laws/the-shocking-truth-about-_5_b_7041934.html">essay best</a> https://www.blogger.com/profile/11825807784628551119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post-35420248652666897902017-06-06T10:22:27.210-07:002017-06-06T10:22:27.210-07:00I am continually amazed by the amount of informati...I am continually amazed by the amount of information available on this subject. What you presented was well researched and well worded in order to get your stand on this across to all your readers.<br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/Stickymittsvinyl" rel="nofollow">Michigan graphics</a><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post-30284805004784932512017-03-01T23:41:50.112-08:002017-03-01T23:41:50.112-08:00Police say a hospital scrubs-clad man caught break...Police say a hospital scrubs-clad man caught breaking into an ambulance outside a Denton hospital early Thursday may be linked to similar crimes in the area. <a href="https://sydneysecuritycompany.com.au/" rel="nofollow">Sydney Security Company</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14533539489082641347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post-74973234196534234892017-02-12T07:35:57.300-08:002017-02-12T07:35:57.300-08:00Hello, the screen captures of the texts were poste...Hello, the screen captures of the texts were posted on one of the many media-outlets that covered this event at the time - unfortunately we don't remember which one. Perhaps it was the same source as the pictures of Rebecca. We are all extremely sorry about your loss, and don't wish to cause you any more pain, or to reopen an old wound. We hope that one or more of the 10,000 people who read this post will - should they find themselves in similar circumstances - take action to prevent a repeat of this tragedy. <br />From all of us at HelicopterEMS.com, and within the industry - please accept our heartfelt condolences.Dan Fouldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00967225641362222953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post-77481753969274807712017-02-11T17:32:01.997-08:002017-02-11T17:32:01.997-08:00I must have posted it somewhere once, but would yo...I must have posted it somewhere once, but would you mind letting me know where you got the last texts we sent each other?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547392268340840308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post-65060652974395517892017-01-20T06:51:10.339-08:002017-01-20T06:51:10.339-08:00Proud to know the earlier mentioned RN. That crew ...Proud to know the earlier mentioned RN. That crew utilized great CRM to live to fight another day. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937905627190042221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post-25155531720692424852016-12-26T08:17:58.677-08:002016-12-26T08:17:58.677-08:00As always, a well thought out article.
I will add...As always, a well thought out article. <br />I will add that my experience is that particularly challenging when I see two additional things:<br />1) There is also the underutilization of air ambulances. Physicians who have listened to the cost argument and make financial decision to send a patient by ground instead of by air when another physician would make the opposite choice. I have gone out for a patient by ground and returned by helicopter because of under triage. Yes there is some over utilization but the opposite is also true.<br />2) For safety considerations, a physician will send a critical care team out by ground, insist that they use lights and sirens to respond. If you query nearly any medical provider who does both modes of transport, they will emphatically say that the risk of a crash is absolutely higher in that ambulance than in their aircraft.<br />Vigilance, my friends!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17597901014077803832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post-51373256267531003752016-12-13T15:46:47.778-08:002016-12-13T15:46:47.778-08:00They had to learn how to fly a and fix wing and th...They had to learn how to fly a and fix wing and then a helicopter before they ever step foot in a V22.<br /><br />How is that not helicopter training they know what a collective is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com