Air Medical Journal
Volume 24, Issue 5 , Pages 189-191, September 2005

The new two-patient care environment

  • Ken Cox

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    • Pilot Ken Cox flies for Air Life of Oregon in Bend.

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 Air Life expects the new EC-145 to enter service in central Oregon some time this summer. Although this article has tended to focus on the staggered two-patient interior and the Aerolite floor, the design process involved literally hundreds of hours of discussion and thought regarding scores of details, such as placement of suction, oxygen outlets, electrical sources, and intercom controls.Respiratory therapist Michele Moore described the process as “painful. Unless you want to come out with something exactly like you had before, you should expect friction, and conflict. And yet the process also involved a lot of respect for each other, for the program, and for ourselves. I feel good about the effort I put into the committee. At times it didn't seem worth it, but now I can't imagine not doing it.”

PII: S1067-991X(05)00106-9

doi:10.1016/j.amj.2005.06.004

Air Medical Journal
Volume 24, Issue 5 , Pages 189-191, September 2005

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