Chicagoist: Helicopter Bound For Children's Hospital Crashes in Aurora

Ward Up

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:03:41 -0600

Well, I happen to be in the health field and have worked with patients who have been transported on these flights. I can tell you from personal experience that there are some flights made at night that could just as well wait until the morning---or have the patient come in an ambulance if prompt transport at night is needed. You see, medically stable patients are often brought in on helicopters while those same patients could tolerate a two hour ambulance ride. My point is that for some patients, there are other options to flying at night. For those patients, there is (1)driving at night, or (2)waiting until the morning to fly.

JoeM500

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:36:32 -0600

maybe you don't understand what medical helicopter flights are for? they are only used in extreme emergencies and when patients need to be flown to other hospitals for organs or life-saving treatments. waiting until daylight is not an option for these flights.

Ward Up

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:23:24 -0600

There was a medical helicopter crash last week and a subsequent report said that most medical helicopter crashes happen at night. It seems that they should severely limit night flights for any medical helicopter.