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COMMISSIONER LYONS ASKED MR. ODOM WHAT EQUIPMENT HE HAS <br />AVAILABLE. <br />MR. ODOM STATED THAT THEY HAVE ONE PRESSURIZED AIRCRAFT AND <br />TWO ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT AVAILABLE. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEY MADE <br />21 TRIPS LAST YEAR AND DO NOT FEEL THIS AMOUNT JUSTIFIES THE NEED FOR <br />AN ADDITIONAL AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE. MR. ODOM NOTED THAT SINCE THE NEW <br />HOSPITAL HAS BEEN COMPLETED, SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE THAT WE DID NOT <br />HAVE BEFORE, AND BURN VICTIMS USUALLY ARE TRANSFERRED BY THE SHRINERS <br />WHO OBTAIN DONATED AIRCRAFT. HE FURTHER NOTED THAT IF AN EMERGENCY <br />ARISES, THE HOSPITAL HERE TAKES CARE OF IT UNTIL THEY GET THE PATIENT <br />STABLE ENOUGH TO MOVE, <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS COMMENTED THAT A LOT OF THE AIR AMBULANCE <br />TRIPS ARE SIMPLY TO GET PEOPLE BACK TO THEIR HOME TERRITORY. <br />COMMISSIONER DEESON ASKED HOW MANY OF THE 21 TRIPS WOULD BE <br />CONSIDERED EMERGENCY SITUATIONS OR COULD BE DELAYED. <br />MR. ODOM STATED THAT ALL OF THEM WERE DELAYED UNTIL THE PATIENT <br />WAS STABLE ENOUGH TO BE MOVED. 1p <br />THE QUESTION AROSE AS TO WHERE THERE IS ANOTHER AIR AMBULANCE <br />SERVICE AVAILABLE, AND IT WAS FELT FORT LAUDERDALE IS PROBABLY THE <br />CLOSEST LOCATION. <br />MR, MUSGROVE STATED THAT THEIR THOUGHT WAS THAT THEIR SERVICE <br />WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL SAFETY FACTOR FOR COUNTY RESIDENTS. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy NOTED THAT WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE PIPER <br />AIRCRAFT IN THE COUNTY AND BELIEVED IF WE HAD A DIRE EMERGENCY, THEY <br />WOULD ASSIST. SHE FELT BASED ON INFORMATION PRESENTED, A NEED FOR <br />ADDITIONAL SERVICE HAS NOT BEEN SHOWN AT THIS TIME. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT WITH ONLY 21 FLIGHTS <br />IN A YEAR, IF YOU HAD TWO COMPETITORS IT MIGHT PROVE ECONOMICALLY UN- <br />FEASIBLE, AND WE MIGHT END UP WITH NO ONE. HE NOTED THAT THE LIST OF <br />FLIGHTS SUPPLIED SHOWED ONLY ONE DAY WHERE TWO FLIGHTS WERE MADE, AND <br />HE DID NOT SEE WHERE THERE IS A SPECIFIC NEED FOR AN ADDITIONAL CARRIER. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS COMMENTED THAT THE VOLUNTEER -AMBULANCE <br />SQUAD HAS NOT HAD AS MANY TRANSFERS SINCE MANY MORE DISCIPLINES HAVE <br />BECOME AVAILABLE AT THE NEW HOSPITAL, AND HE DOES NOT FEEL THE EMERGENCY <br />ASPECT IS THE SAME AS IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO. <br />9 <br />9 w <br />MAR 2 11979 <br />