Re: Flight Physicians

[Curtis Sandy <ccsandy@pol.net>]

University AirCare - Cincinatti, OH
St. Vincent/MCH LifeFlight - Toledo, OH
Metro LifeFlight - Cleveland, OH
LifeLine - Indianapolis, IN
MedFlight - Madison, WI
Promedica Air - Toledo, OH
UCAN - Chicago, IL
Geisinger LifeFlight - Danville, PA
AeroMed - Grand Rapids, MI
Flight for Life - Milwaukee, WI
Mercy Air - San Diego, CA

The majority of the above programs are afiliated with emergency 
medicine residency programs and either the residents or attendings 
staff the helicopter.  Some provide renumeration for staffing.

There has been a few programs move away from use of physicians and 
have gone with a RN/RN or RN/PM crew.

Curtis


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Originally From: "Matt Lutze" <mattlutze@bigpond.com>
Subject: Flight Physicians
Date: 08/27/2002 05:25pm


G'day everyone,

I was wondering how many programs are currently 
regularly /permanently using physicians/medical officers in their 
crew configuration? The last survey I could find was back in 1996 by 
Sweeney Crowther et al. in the Air Medical Journal, 'Mission, 
Staffing, and Budget Data of Flight Programs in the US'. 

Is it still around the 6-7% mark? Im not looking for reports of 
medical directors who fly x1 per month, but on a  frequent basis.

Anecdotal reports are ok, journals are better, and stats...well... 
fantastic!

Cheers, that'd be grrreeaat!

Matt Lutze



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