TY - JOUR T1 - HEaring probes helicopter medevac safety AU - Mitka M Y1 - 2009/03/25 N1 - 10.1001/jama.2009.366 JO - JAMA SP - 1215 EP - 1216 VL - 301 IS - 12 N2 - To that end, officials with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) held a 4-day fact-finding hearing in February in Washington, DC. A wide range of witnesses, including physicians, helicopter operators, and government regulators, offered testimony to help the board better understand the scope of the problem and evaluate the factors leading to crashes. The NTSB will now decide whether to offer recommendations in hopes of minimizing such crashes. SN - 0098-7484 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.366 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.366 ER -