Issues with Introducing Instrument Flights for Helicopter Emergency Medical Service

Jakub Kraus; Marek Štumper

doi:10.15866/irease.v10i4.12561

Issues with Introducing Instrument Flights for Helicopter Emergency Medical Service

Jakub Kraus^(1*), Marek Štumper⁽²⁾

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15866/irease.v10i4.12561

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to analyze current state of helicopter emergency medical service, to name its issues and to propose the solutions. The paper firstly describes the current research work in the form of two major projects related to helicopter emergency medical service and then focusing on the current directions of development. Final part of the paper proposes some solutions for helicopter emergency medical service issues, emphasizing those regarding Point in Space procedures and low-level routes.
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Keywords

HEMS; IFR; IFR Issues; Low-Level Routes

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