Re Helicopter ambulances, You may want to forward this long report to your colleagues http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/28/national/28copter.html? Crashes Start Debate on Safety of Sky Ambulances By BARRY MEIER Published NY Times: Feb 28, 2005 article starts - On a mild afternoon last week, emergency workers raced up to Jana Austin's rural Arkansas home to ask if a medical helicopter could land on her property to transport a victim of a car crash to a nearby hospital. Ms. Austin, a nursing student, said she readily agreed. But moments after the helicopter took off, she and her 4-year-old daughter stood stunned, watching as the helicopter began to spin, slowly at first, then faster, until it twirled out of control into a nearby pasture. The patient died, and the three crew members were seriously hurt. -=- with good wishes David B.,