Air ambulance accident rates

[PeterNSteinmetz]

Rates recently are 0.22 per 100,000 hours, so about 1/5 of GA. Large public payer, Medicare, driving demand, and large profits to be made apparently.

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/921615

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

Sorry about that. I guess because it is a Medscape article you have to register to read it. That is free but I can understand if people don’t want to do that.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

Ah, didn’t see that. https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/index.php?threads/Air-ambulance-review..122745

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

It is safer than GA, but I suspect even non-aviation professional writers, such as the author of that article, compare to the accident rate for part 121 operations, which are much safer than GA or Medevac.

Certainly a risk benefit trade off in terms of getting to the hospital more quickly vs risk of a crash and cost.