med copters collide

[William Bromberg]

Problem here is that there is no medical intervention in the launch
decision — it's based on "protocols" that basically fall under the
"you call we haul" category. There is not enough medical consensus out
in the literature (AFAICT) to force a change when the helicopter "needs"
a certain number of flights to cover its overhead. 

Bill Bromberg

>>> "Andrew J Bowman" <andrewj.bowman at gmail.com> 7/1/2008 2:10 PM >>>
So, start refusing calls. There is no law (I do not think) that says
you 
have to take every flight especially if the facts presented do not
warrant 
air transport.

Andrew



 I'm sick
> of my flight crew being called out in all kinds of weather for
> uninjured, intoxicated patients. For times when the ground crew is
about
> to go off shift and don't want to drive the hour round trip. For a
dog
> bite to the foot. And it goes on and on and on.

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