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- This MSNBC news segment with Tom Costello highlights the increase in air ambulance fatalities.  Flight Nurse Erin Reed killed September 29, 2005 is featured: 

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/7297231/detail.html?subid=10101261

 - Team 4 (Pittsburg, PA) Investigates Medical Helicopter Crashes; February 21st, 2006:

 - Emergency in the Sky | Today's TMJ4 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin ...

Emergency in the Sky. John Mercure. Emergency medical flights are designed to save lives. But experts say the reality is that, outside of combat, ...
www.todaystmj4.com/features/iteam/11089961.html - 36k

After tragedy, woman gets medical flight safety bill introduced

- Air Safety effort Honors Nurse:

 - Medill Reports: Helicopter safety questioned

In January 2006, Friedman attended a hearing on Emergency Medical Service helicopter safety in Washington. There, she learned about a NTSB study that found ...
news.medill.northwestern.edu/washington/news.aspx?id=36745 - 36k -

 - Airlift Northwest chopper makes hard landing | Top Stories | KING5 ...

Airlift Northwest helicopter makes hard landing in Stanwood ... The chopper had taken off from Arlington and was on its way to pick up a patient. ...
www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_111307WAB_airlift_northwest_landing_TP.189ed85.html - 117k

 - Rocky Mountain News - Denver and Colorado's reliable source for ...

Killed in the crash were pilot Ric Miller, paramedic Dana Dedman and nurse Ronnie Helton, plane owner Eagle Air Med said in a statement released Friday ...
www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5716059,00.html

 - Fatal Crash Raises Air Ambulance Safety Concerns - News Story ...

Fatal Crash Raises Air Ambulance Safety Concerns ... "The accident rates that emergency medical service helicopter rates face is akin to combat flying," ...
www.knbc.com/news/10581778/detail.html

- Air Medical Service, An Industry Under Scrutiny

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saved every year by HEMS aircraft. We also know that air medical flight .... Check out our Extensive Inventory of Rotor/Fixed Wing Spares for: ...
www.rotor.com/membership/rotor/rotorpdf/winter04_05/06.pdf

 - In memory of our lost family members

To South West Medevac, My heart goes out to the families of those lost. I am deeply sadden and shocked by such a profound tragedy. They were all good people ...
www.southwestmedevac.com/Memorial/index.htm

 - Crash Victims Father able to attend daughter funeral due to donations

 Families mourn air-ambulance victims ... viewers donated money for his trip. Source: KRQE News 13 | Reporter: Greg Gurulé | Web Producer: Bill 

 Diven ...
  krqe.com/Global/story.asp?S=6901791 - 60k

 - Updated 7:30 p.m.: Victims of Med Evac Plane Crash Identified ...

 He had worked for Southwest Medevac for a year. Brian Miller was a 44-year-old flight nurse from Roswell who had worked for the service for 18

  months, ...
  www.koat.com/news/13828939/detail.html

 - JEMS.com - News

  Helicopter crash victim - Measure would tighten flight ambulance rules,

  require new equipment By Laura Onstot The Seattle Times Copyright 2007

  The Seattle ...
   www.jems.com/news/288989/ - Jun 11, 2007

  - Aero-News Network: The Aviation and Aerospace World's Daily

  June 11th, 2007

  Before Stacey Friedman lost her sister Erin in the 2005 downing of a medical

  transport helicopter in Washington, she never viewed the job as especially ...

 - Air-safety effort honors nurse
  Seattle Times, United States - Jun 10, 2007
  Friedman is advocating for stricter helicopter-ambulance safety regulations

  that US Sen. Maria Cantwell has proposed to add to a Federal Aviation .....

 - Human Remains Found In Search For 6 Missing After Plane Crash ...

  MILWAUKEE -- No one was believed to have survived the crash of a small  

  plane that was carrying a six-member organ transplant team and its cargo of

  donor.                      

  www.themilwaukeechannel.com/news/13443773/detail.html?rss=mil&psp=news-

  60k - Jun 10, 2007

 - FAA Releases Revised Version of 8000.347

 - Helicopter safety questioned

  Pennsylvania-based CJ Systems Aviation owned the helicopter Reed was in 

  when she died. Ed Marasco, the company’s senior vice president of air

  medical ...

 -Senate Aviation Bill Would Mandate Safety Changes for EMS

   Click here for a copy of Senate Bill 1300

  - FAA Sends Letter to State EMS Officials Re: Helicopter

  Shopping - View copy of the letter

  -The National EMS Memorial Service has released the names 

   who will be honored at the 15th annual National EMS Memorial

   Service.

    - To read the names and additional memorial details, read the full article:

       Honorees Announced for the 2007 National EMS Memorial Service.

  - AMSAC's latest recommended practice

    Helicopter / Fixed Wing Shopping prevention

 - ’My life at stake’

 I felt they were putting my license and my life at stake.” ... All the nurses and medics, who spoke to The Maui News independently, said they quit the ...
  www.mauinews.com/story.aspx?id=18131 - 59k

 - Team 4 Investigates Medical Helicopter Crashes - Team 4

The following report by Team 4 investigator Paul Van Osdol first aired Feb. ... A helicopter crash into Puget Sound near Seattle killed the pilot and two ...
www.thepittsburghchannel.com/team4/7297231/detail.html - 41k

 - Hit and Run Rescue Crew Dies

 Rescue turns deadly. by Gary Henderson of the Herald-Journal. JALAPA- Bits of green, black and white -- the color scheme of the Regional One

 helicopter ...
  www.deadlyroads.com/memorial/rescue_crews.html - 9k

- Seton cancels air ambulance contract

At a time when state and federal regulators are examining the safety of the air ambulance industry, the Seton Healthcare Network said it has canceled its ...
www.statesman.com/metrostate/ content/metro/stories/07/23helicopters.html - 44k - Supplemental Result

 - Air ambulances may face stricter rules after crashes | LJWorld.com

Air ambulances may face stricter rules after crashes. Keeping the life-savers safe. By Joel Mathis (Contact). Thursday, February 2, 2006. advertisement ...
www2.ljworld.com/news/2006/feb/02/air_ambulances_may_face_stricter_rules_after_crash/ - 30k

 - The Business Word Inc.

Air ambulance crashes raise questions about safety and standards ... according to the Washington bureau chief of the Denver Post, John Aloysius Farrel. ...
www.businessword.com/index.php/weblog/2005/02/ - 58k

 - A Deadly Year For EMS Flight Crews - Investigations

A Deadly Year For EMS Flight Crews. Chris Halsne KIRO 7 Eyewitness News Investigative Reporter. UPDATED: 11:21 am PDT September 19, 2006 ...
www.kirotv.com/investigations/9878077/detail.html - 38k

 - USATODAY.com - Safety of medevac choppers on FAA's radar

Federal regulators trying to halt a deadly spate of air ambulance crashes across the nation will soon announce greater restrictions on the medevac ...
www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-12-20-medevac_x.htm - 51k

 - MedLaw.com :: Air Medical Services

Safety of Air Ambulances in Question ◊ Safety of Air Ambulances in Question: Jul. 18, 2005 AP reports on impact of air medical safety issues. ...
www.medlaw.com/healthlaw/EMS/3_2/index.shtml - 11k

 - USATODAY.COM - Reconsidering air ambulance usage; A 2005 Bob Davis report on the use of air ambulances

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-07-18-air-ambulance_x.htm