just thinking out loud Lets say that we convert the 4 medevac helicopters in Massachusetts into ground units. Since each helo has a crew of 3, this is a total of 12 people per shift. If you used the 12 people to staff ground units that had crews of 2 each, you could staff 6 ground units.
If the ground units can travel at 60 MPH, then in 10 minutes they can travel 10 miles. This would give each ground unit a coverage area of 400 square miles. 400 times 6 is 2400 square miles, IIRC Massachusetts is 5,000 square miles. Therefore we have half of the state within 10 minutes of an advanced ground unit (just from the conversion of the helos to ground units). Considering that Boston MedFlight already has 3 or 4 ground units, and that the private ambualnce companies probably have 20 advanced ground units (critical care), I think we can say that everywhere in Massachusetts can be within 10 minutes of an advanced ground unit - if an effort is made to create a statewide dispatch system for them. Something to think about. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/massfire. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
