Testing an emergency and regional medical helicopter transport system. Paper presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board HRB, Washington, D.C., January 1971.

A helicopter system to serve both emergency and regional medical needs in a section of West Virginia was studied by the authors, the results of which are reported in this abridgment. Although conclusions were drawn concerning the use and effectiveness of the helicopter system,the need to asses this system in comparison with other alternative systems was noted.