I have recently been writing about different ways that helicopters are used in different aspects of wildland firefighting. There are other ways that helicopters are used in wildland firefighting, but I want to take a time out from writing about those uses and write about a different use of helicopters. That is helicopters used to evacuate a patient to a hospital for treatment. This could be after a traffic accident where either the helicopter is landing near the scene of the accident are an emergency squad takes the injured person to a nearby landing zone for evacuation. Perhaps it is an evacuation from a local hospital to another hospital when the local hospital determines that the injured or sick person needs treatment at another hospital and time is of the essence. And I am sure that there are other medical uses of helicopters that I am not listing here.
I wanted to find a video of a medivac helicopter in my own state of New Jersey, and found this video if someone being transported from the Surf City New Jersey to a local trauma center. Allow about three minutes to watch the video. Thanks to all who are involved with medivac helicopter flights from local EMS to the pilots and medical personnel on the helicopter to the staff at the hospital or trauma center. You do important work and help to save lives!
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