U.S. Congress - S.3229 Air Medical Service Safety Improvement Act of 2008
S.3229 - Air Medical Service Safety Improvement Act of 2008
A bill to increase the safety of the crew and passengers in air ambulances. view all titles (2)
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- Official: A bill to increase the safety of the crew and passengers in air ambulances. as introduced.
- Short: Air Medical Service Safety Improvement Act of 2008 as introduced.
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7/8/2008--Introduced.Air Medical Service Safety Improvement Act of 2008 - Requires all pilots of a helicopter or fixed-wing aircraft providing emergency medical services, if there is a medical crew on board, without regard to whether there are patients on board, to comply with federal safeOfficial Summary
7/8/2008--Introduced.Air Medical Service Safety Improvement Act of 2008 - Requires all pilots of a helicopter or fixed-wing aircraft providing emergency medical services, if there is a medical crew on board, without regard to whether there are patients on board, to comply with federal safety operating requirements governing commuter and on demand operations as well as persons on board aircraft. Prescribes other requirements for such aircraft when operating under instrument flight rules or carrying out training. Requires the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to initiate a rulemaking to:
(1) create a standardized checklist of risk evaluation factors which shall be used by helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft emergency medical service operators to determine whether a mission should be accepted;
(2) require such operators to implement and comply with performance based flight dispatch and flight-following procedures; and
(3) develop a method to assess and ensure that such operators comply with the latter requirements. Requires helicopter or fixed-wing aircraft used for emergency medical service operations to have on board a terrain awareness and warning system device that meets FAA guidelines. Requires the Administrator to issue:
(1) a report on the availability, survivability, and costs of devices that record voice communications and flight data information on existing and new helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft used for emergency medical service operations; and
(2) regulations to require such devices on board such aircraft.
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Helicopters and Bad Science
PMID: 18775382 [PubMed - in process]. ^ 8 Alright, Iâll Say It By Dr. Bryan Bledsoe ems1.com. June 12, 2008 ^ 9 S. 3229 To increase the safety of the crew and passengers in air ambulances. Introduced July 8, 2008 by Sen. Maria Cantwell ...
Sister of EMS flight crash victim wants changes
In fact, there are three EMS flight safety bills in Congress to help make the skies safer for air medical crews and patients: S. 3229: âThe Air Medical Service Safety Improvement Act of 2008ââ HR 3939: âA Bill To Increase the Safety for
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