- Date
- 2011-09
- Kind
- Medical
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- healthcaretransportationemergency-managementinfrastructuregovernment
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The September 2011 Beaver Beacon reports that a 141-page feasibility study examined emergency air evacuation from Beaver Island. The report described about 40 flights per year and argued that local aircraft could sometimes move medical emergencies more quickly than NorthFlight or the Coast Guard. It also called for relaxing insurance regulations that restricted local planes from carrying patients.
Evidence limits
This records the newspaper’s account of the study and its reported regulatory recommendation. It does not establish that the regulations changed, that a local air-ambulance service was authorized, or that the quoted response times were independently audited.
Sources
- Forum post identifies the 41-page feasibility report as publicly available through Beaver Island News on the Net and the Charlevoix County website. The report itself is not held here; the Beacon remains the held source for its reported findings.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004090
- Beaver Beacon, September 2011, "News from the Townships."Reports a 141-page air-evacuation feasibility study, approximately 40 flights per year, NorthFlight response times of at least 90 minutes and an average of 135 minutes, and the study's recommendation to relax insurance regulations for local aircraft carrying medical emergencies. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the township report of the air-evacuation study.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-09_Beaver-Beacon
- Beaver Beacon, October 2011, "News from the Townships."Reports that the townships considered the recent air-evacuation study a useful framework while seeking further analysis and considering a public meeting. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held October issue scan confirms the follow-up report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island reviews feasibility of local emergency air evacuation, 2011”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-air-evacuation-feasibility-2011/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Air Ambulance Feasibility Report for beaver Island”, September 16, 2011. (and 4 further sources listed on the page).
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