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| | USATODAY.com - Reconsidering air ambulance usage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | Now, as the booming air ambulance industry deals with a spate of deadly crashes, Marble Falls and hundreds of other communities across the USA are wondering whether air ambulances are always the best medicine. |
 | | Some air ambulance companies have resisted similar attempts in other states to impose the standards, which cover everything from mechanics' tools to managers' role in aviation safety. |
 | | Godfrey, 36, survived the crash of an air ambulance into the Potomac River Jan. 10 in part, he says, because his air ambulance company, LifeNet, part of Denver-based Air Methods Corp., was focused on safety as it sought CAMTS accreditation at the Stafford County, Va., base. |
| www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2005-07-18-air-ambulance_x.htm (2160 words) |
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