HD60 - The Feasibility of Establishing a Helicopter Medevac Service on the Eastern Shore of Virginia

  • Published: 1990
  • Author: Department of Health
  • Enabling Authority: House Joint Resolution 318 (Regular Session, 1989)

Executive Summary:
A resolution was introduced to the 1989 Session of the General Assembly in response to concerns over an inadequate air medical transport system to meet the needs of trauma patients on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. House Joint Resolution 318, patroned by Delegate Robert Bloxom, recognized the need for a study to determine the feasibility of establishing a medevac program on the Eastern Shore.

House Joint Resolution 318 called for the State Department of Health to conduct a study on the feasibility, need, access to, and costs of an emergency medical evacuation system for physical trauma patients for the Eastern Shore." The resolution required completion of the study and submission of findings and recommendations to the Governor and the 1990 Session of the General Assembly. HJR 318 was approved, and the State Department of Health was requested to conduct the study.