title: The United States Air Force crash ambulance--origins, current use, and suggested future directions.
abstract: The United States Air Force (USAF) maintains a crash ambulance, staffed by flight surgeons and aeromedical technicians, which is separate from the ambulance service maintained and staffed by base hospital or clinic personnel. A survey was performed to assess the current use and staffing of this ambulance. Results showed low use, and difficulties in training and maintaining experienced crews. A single integrated ambulance system is proposed to replace the current separate systems. Such a system could improve overall response capability, and more efficiently and effectively use available resources.
authors.affiliation: USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks AFB, TX.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leonard
mesh_terms: D000060:Accidents, Aviation; D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D000552:Ambulances / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States