24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-1.9.R

AUTOMATION OF PRE-MISSION SUCCESS EVALUATION MODULE FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCY HELICOPTERS OPERATIONS

A. K. Sinha, R. Kusumo, P. Hogan*, K. Laycock*, S. Atyeo
Sir Lawrence Wackett Centre for Aerospace Design Technology, School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia; *Air Ambulance Victoria, Essendon Airport, Australia

Keywords: helicopter medical mission analysis system

Time, accessibility and medical attendance are all critical factors in the life saving operations performed by helicopter medical emergency services. The pre-mission analysis of these factors is critical if the mission is to be successful. Presently, such analysis depends upon crew-judgment and as such is prone to human error. A holistic pre-mission analysis system which supports such critical crew decisions is proposed. .

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