For example, the emotional reaction evoked by knowledge of the seriousness of a young child's injury might make a crew choose to take off in hazardous weather. The natural impulse to save the child could imperil the crew. MedFlight officials prevent this by basing each flight decision on a weather check, normally before the crew is informed of the details of an injury. In most cases, we're up and running, and then we find out. Even so, flights in bad weather are common enough.
Medflight crews can contend with gusts of up to fifty miles per hour.
In addition to responding to accident scenes, MedFlight also responds to calls from local emergency rooms and ICUs seeking to transfer patients with serious conditions to major hospitals. It is really advanced practice. She's come full circle. I tell nursing students, 'Get yourself some basics and then look around, make decisions. It's not always apparent when you graduate.