Re: Safety Question?

["cindy holland" <cindyhol@bellsouth.net>]

Well, unloading a 150 lb isolette sounds easy enough especially if you HOT
unload the heavy folks we grow in Georgia.  But kidding aside.  There are
many factors to consider as we all know, how urgently does the infant need
to get special care.  And if ICU nurses are going to be a crew member on
these types of flights, they should go through flight and patient transport
safety as all crew members do as set up by their programs. As always, safety
FIRST.
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Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 6:26 PM
Subject: Safety Question?


> Would you consider it a standard of the industry to do "HOT UNLOADS" at
the
> recieving facility, also the helicopters home, with 150 pound isolette.
This
> as come up recently at a facility near by.  New helicopter new program and
I
> am hearing that they want to do hot unloads to reduce the number of engine
> starts.  I understand the cost of engine starts, (Bell 407) but we also
need
> to wory about safety.  By the way the flight crew on the teams consist of
ICU
> nurses with only little helicopter safety and experience.
>
> Any information on other facilities doing the same or have had problems
with
> such please contact directly.
>
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