Residents of Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence Counties will again have access to an air medical transport service

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by Timothy W. Scee II
Special to Newzjunky.com
Published June 1, 2012
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WATERTOWN, N.Y. — For the first time in five years residents of Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence Counties will again have access to an air medical transport service as helicopter operations are scheduled to begin Friday.

Jefferson County Emergency Medical Services officials joined local leaders and members of the Fort Drum Regional Health Planning Organization Thursday afternoon in welcoming the first landing on Samaritan Medical Center’s helipad by a LifeNet helicopter.

LifeNet, a subsidiary of Air Methods Corp., based in Englewood, Colo., will be stationed at Watertown International Airport in Dexter where it will deploy staffed helicopter services throughout the tri-county area and transport trauma patients to Syracuse hospitals.
The military had provided air services until 2007, when it transferred to Fort Lewis, Wash., its Military Assistance to Safety and Traffic, or MAST, program, which annually flew about 60 critically injured people from Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties to Upstate Medical University or other Level 1 trauma care facilities.
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Sadly, Air medical service may not make any difference for Cape Vincent and the areas in Jefferson County slated for proposed Wind development.
An interview with retired EMS pilot Ray Slavik provides important insight into controlling an aircraft near utility-scale turbines.





Slavik : Don't kid yourself, they will most likely not land anywhere in the County where these turbines are located.

Read Ray slavik's complete interview at this link

Additionally, I found another medevac website they have posted a statement about wind turbines they also say that it may be a hazard and landing is at the discretion of the pilot .
Bottom line ~ depending upon the conditions that exist at the specific time that you need the air ambulance the wind turbines may or may not constitute a hazard.

If there is a hazard you will have to be transported to the air ambulance by vehicle to the helicopter wasting precious time plus with the transfer from unit to unit there is the risk of added trauma to the injured party .
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Statement from Medevac website link below
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 Watertown Daily Times