The history of air medical transport (AMT) dates to before World War I, when the French evacuated soldiers from Serbia using airplanes as ambulances as early as 1915. The first recorded use of a U.S. military air ambulance was in 1918 when an airplane was converted to accommodate a litter patient in the rear cockpit. During World War II, more than 1.1 million sick and wounded soldiers were airl...

Over the past two decades, the air transport industry has experienced continuous growth. The demand for passenger air traffic is forecast to double the current level by about 2025 (European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation [EUROCONTROL], 2006). Smallto-medium sized low cost airlines in Europe such as EasyJet and Ryanair have observed a considerable percentage of passenger increase ...

The hybrid molten/solid In2O3 - 30-48 wt.% Bi2O3 oxide materials were studied with respect to their transport properties. The conductivities, oxygen ion transport numbers and oxygen permeation fluxes have been measured by using the four-probe DC, volumetric measurements of the faradaic efficiency and gas flow techniques, respectively. We show that the...

Air Medical Journal 29:1 The North East Air Alliance (NEAA), originally the New England Air Alliance, was formed in 1989 in collaboration between Hartford Hospital’s LIFE STAR, Boston Med-Flight, and the University of Massachusetts LifeFlight air-medical transport programs as a joint venture to facilitate information exchange. Members include Hartford Hospital LIFE STAR, Boston Med-Flight, UMAS...

The dynamic development of the air transport market has led to a significant increase in air traffic in a highly fragmented and relatively small European airspace. This situation could, in the near future, render the currently functioning European air traffic management (ATM) system obsolete and incapable of providing the high safety standards demanded by the ICAO and Eurocontrol. Recognizing t...