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Helicopter Safety

By Air or by Land?

Study finds HEMS flights in IFR conditions can take longer than transporting a patient by ambulance.

by Linda Werfelman | March 31, 2020

Emergency medical services (EMS) helicopters are not necessarily the quickest means of transporting critically ill patients to hospitals, according to a study by a group of U.S. researchers.1

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