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The Seneca stretcher weighs 30.5 The aircraft will complement the medical helicopter now operated by pounds, slightly less than the seats it replaces. Contact Egan Aviation, PO the hospital. FRENCH WINGS AWARDED Melcher stated that this was the Box 597, Brookfield, WI 53008; second King Air 200 modified with the telephone 414-785-1131. TO PILOTS AND NURSES company's Airborne CriticalCare Unit Aerospatiale Helicopter Corporato be placed in service in the United tion (Grand Prairie, TX) has presented several awards to crew members of States. The Spirit of Kansas City Flight and Hermann Hospital Life Flight. TOP TEN PATIENT The first award presentation cele- TRANSPORT CITIES brated The Spirit of Kansas City Life Based on 1987 transport data, the Flight's ten-year anniversary and ten followinglist presents the top ten cities years of accident-free operation of by number of patients transported. Aerospatiale helicopters. During 9,000 The data represents all reporting hours of o p e r a t i o n , Life F l i g h t hospital and non-hospital air medical LIQUID OXYGEN APPROVED transported more than 9,000 patients transport services. FOR MBB BK-117 nearly 1,000,000 miles. Total Helo FW M B B HelicopterCorporation (West A gold pilot wing award recognizing 5,937 3,992 1,945 Chester, PA) has completed developmore than 3,000 EMS hours in Aero- 1. Phoenix 3,494 3,270 224 ment and certification of a liquid spatiale helicopters was presented to 2. Pittsburgh 3. Houston 3,391 3,391 -oxygen system for its BK-117 modelJames R. Sineath, Lead Pilot. It was 4. Denver 3,280 2,398 882 helicopter.The projectwas the result the first such award to be made by Aerospatiale. Other awards included 5. Birmingham 3,002 1,982 1,020 ofa customer request and aeromedical silver pilot wings for 1,000 EMS hours 6. Salt Lake City 2,691 1,536 1,155 interiorcompletion. 2,523 2,523 -A main advantage to the liquidoxyto Roger D. Deuschle and silver Medi- 7. Odando 8. Tulsa 2,252 2,252 -gen system (LOX) is its carrying cal Attendant wings for transportation 2,226 2,008 218 capacity. With the system installed, of more than 500 patients to Jodi O. 9. Dallas/Ft. W 10. San Diego 2,219 2,219 -the medical crew has the equivalentof McEniee, RN; Barbara A. Ketter, RN; eleven "E" cylinders of oxygen availand Michel J. Holt, RN. able, compared to three "E" cylinders In Houston, TX, gold wings were in most conventional systems. The presented to Hermann Hospital Life added volume allows crews to refillless Flight medical crew members for often, reducing the chance of an t r a n s p o r t i n g m o r e t h a n 1,500 oxygen leak or relatedmishap. patients, and silver wings for 500 MBB's L O X system is located bepatients, in Aerospatiale helicopters. tween the A and B attendant seats in Thomas P. Smith, RN, Rose M. Cortheir standard aeromedical configurader, RN, and Sandra Gates, RN tion.The oxygen receptacleisenclosed received gold wings for transporting in a metal case,with controlseasilyac4,700, 3,500 and 1,800 patients respeccessible to the flight crew. The L O X tively. Silver wings were awarded to system is currently installedin HerCatherine Mezick, RN; Sherry Bryan, m a n n Life Flight'sthree BK- 117s. RN; and Cynthia Abel, RN, MSN. The Aerospatiale Awards Program BK-117 FLIR MOUNT GETS recognizes the dedication of aircrew STRETCHER APPROVED members for their high level of patient FOR PIPER SENECA STC APPROVAL transfers and EMS flight hours. Working in conjunction with FLIR Egan Aviation (Brookfield, WI) has received STC approval for installation Systems (Portland, OR), manufacCHARLOTTE GETS KING AIR of their stretcher system in Piper turers of the Forward Looking Infra John Melcher, CEO and president Senecas. Paul Egan, President of Egan Red (FLIR) Detection System, MBB of Air Ambulance Systems (Sioux Aviation, said the new approval will H e l i c o p t e r C o r p o r a t i o n (West Falls, SD), announced the delivery of a help fill many requests for a system for Chester, PA) has developed and STC'd a specialized FLIR mount for their BKdedicated fixed-wing air ambulance to lighttwin-engine airplanes. Charlotte Memorial Hospital and The Seneca approval followsearlier 117 helicopter. The newly designed mount for Medical Center (Charlotte, NC). The approvals in Beech King and Queen Beechcraft King Air 200 airplane is Airs, Cessna Citations,Learjets,Mit- FL1R Model 200 is an anti-vibration, specially modified to monitor and ser- subishi MU-2s, Cessna 400 series, shock mount, which affords enhanced vice patients w h e n the need for Piper Navajos and Chieftains, and imaging during night observation and tracking. It is located forward on the aeromedical transportation arises. largerjetslikethe Falcon.
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The Seneca stretcher weighs 30.5 The aircraft will complement the medical helicopter now operated by pounds, slightly less than the seats it replaces. Contact Egan Aviation, PO the hospital. FRENCH WINGS AWARDED Melcher stated that this was the Box 597, Brookfield, WI 53008; second King Air 200 modified with the telephone 414-785-1131. TO PILOTS AND NURSES company's Airborne CriticalCare Unit Aerospatiale Helicopter Corporato be placed in service in the United tion (Grand Prairie, TX) has presented several awards to crew members of States. The Spirit of Kansas City Flight and Hermann Hospital Life Flight. TOP TEN PATIENT The first award presentation cele- TRANSPORT CITIES brated The Spirit of Kansas City Life Based on 1987 transport data, the Flight's ten-year anniversary and ten followinglist presents the top ten cities years of accident-free operation of by number of patients transported. Aerospatiale helicopters. During 9,000 The data represents all reporting hours of o p e r a t i o n , Life F l i g h t hospital and non-hospital air medical LIQUID OXYGEN APPROVED transported more than 9,000 patients transport services. FOR MBB BK-117 nearly 1,000,000 miles. Total Helo FW M B B HelicopterCorporation (West A gold pilot wing award recognizing 5,937 3,992 1,945 Chester, PA) has completed developmore than 3,000 EMS hours in Aero- 1. Phoenix 3,494 3,270 224 ment and certification of a liquid spatiale helicopters was presented to 2. Pittsburgh 3. Houston 3,391 3,391 -oxygen system for its BK-117 modelJames R. Sineath, Lead Pilot. It was 4. Denver 3,280 2,398 882 helicopter.The projectwas the result the first such award to be made by Aerospatiale. Other awards included 5. Birmingham 3,002 1,982 1,020 ofa customer request and aeromedical silver pilot wings for 1,000 EMS hours 6. Salt Lake City 2,691 1,536 1,155 interiorcompletion. 2,523 2,523 -A main advantage to the liquidoxyto Roger D. Deuschle and silver Medi- 7. Odando 8. Tulsa 2,252 2,252 -gen system (LOX) is its carrying cal Attendant wings for transportation 2,226 2,008 218 capacity. With the system installed, of more than 500 patients to Jodi O. 9. Dallas/Ft. W 10. San Diego 2,219 2,219 -the medical crew has the equivalentof McEniee, RN; Barbara A. Ketter, RN; eleven "E" cylinders of oxygen availand Michel J. Holt, RN. able, compared to three "E" cylinders In Houston, TX, gold wings were in most conventional systems. The presented to Hermann Hospital Life added volume allows crews to refillless Flight medical crew members for often, reducing the chance of an t r a n s p o r t i n g m o r e t h a n 1,500 oxygen leak or relatedmishap. patients, and silver wings for 500 MBB's L O X system is located bepatients, in Aerospatiale helicopters. tween the A and B attendant seats in Thomas P. Smith, RN, Rose M. Cortheir standard aeromedical configurader, RN, and Sandra Gates, RN tion.The oxygen receptacleisenclosed received gold wings for transporting in a metal case,with controlseasilyac4,700, 3,500 and 1,800 patients respeccessible to the flight crew. The L O X tively. Silver wings were awarded to system is currently installedin HerCatherine Mezick, RN; Sherry Bryan, m a n n Life Flight'sthree BK- 117s. RN; and Cynthia Abel, RN, MSN. The Aerospatiale Awards Program BK-117 FLIR MOUNT GETS recognizes the dedication of aircrew STRETCHER APPROVED members for their high level of patient FOR PIPER SENECA STC APPROVAL transfers and EMS flight hours. Working in conjunction with FLIR Egan Aviation (Brookfield, WI) has received STC approval for installation Systems (Portland, OR), manufacCHARLOTTE GETS KING AIR of their stretcher system in Piper turers of the Forward Looking Infra John Melcher, CEO and president Senecas. Paul Egan, President of Egan Red (FLIR) Detection System, MBB of Air Ambulance Systems (Sioux Aviation, said the new approval will H e l i c o p t e r C o r p o r a t i o n (West Falls, SD), announced the delivery of a help fill many requests for a system for Chester, PA) has developed and STC'd a specialized FLIR mount for their BKdedicated fixed-wing air ambulance to lighttwin-engine airplanes. Charlotte Memorial Hospital and The Seneca approval followsearlier 117 helicopter. The newly designed mount for Medical Center (Charlotte, NC). The approvals in Beech King and Queen Beechcraft King Air 200 airplane is Airs, Cessna Citations,Learjets,Mit- FL1R Model 200 is an anti-vibration, specially modified to monitor and ser- subishi MU-2s, Cessna 400 series, shock mount, which affords enhanced vice patients w h e n the need for Piper Navajos and Chieftains, and imaging during night observation and tracking. It is located forward on the aeromedical transportation arises. largerjetslikethe Falcon.
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