Aircraft Accident Simulation for First Responders
Staff at Red Duke Trauma Institute and local first responders faced a crisis scenario: a Life Flight helicopter was lost somewhere over Montgomery County with four people aboard.
In mid-November, staff at Red Duke Trauma Institute and local first responders faced a crisis scenario: a Life Flight helicopter was lost somewhere over Montgomery County with four people aboard. While the crisis was not real, the response that quickly followed was. Teams from various agencies across the region jumped into action, just as they would if the unlikely scenario were ever to occur. In the exercise, known as Operation May Day, the Life Flight Communications Center activated missing aircraft procedures, dispatching another aircraft and ground emergency responders to find the missing chopper.