Proposed Helipad Project

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Proposed Helipad Project
Harrison Rider III
President
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Union Memorial Hospital

• Harrison Rider III
• President
• Brad Chambers
• Chief Operating Officer
• Board Members
• Mark Jensen, Chairman of the Board
• Elizabeth Trimble, Vice Chairman of the Board
• Alice Ann Finnerty, Community Relations
  Committee
• Jeff Quartner, MD
• Chief, Cardiology

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Union Memorial Hospital

• Scot Deabs
• Chief Pilot
• MedSTAR Transport
• CJ Systems Aviation Group
• Al Barry
• AB Associates
• Planning Consultant
• Raymond A. Syms
• Aeronautical Consultant

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Agenda

• Welcome Introductions
• Harrison Rider III
• Helipad Patient Benefit
• Jeff Quartner, MD
• Flight Path, Safety Sound
• Al Barry
• Next Steps
• Al Barry
• Questions Answers

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Importance of Community Hospital

• UMH Saves Lives, Improves Lives
• Emergency Care
• There when you need it
• 56,000 annual visits, 20 admitted
• Critical Care
• Over 11,000 patients admitted through the ED
  annually 45 of which are Critical Care
• Specialty Services
• MedStar Healths designated Baltimore Heart
  Center, Hand, Orthopaedic, Cancer, Psychiatric,
  Pediatric
• Major Employer
• 850 Baltimore City residents work at Union
  Memorial

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Heart Attack Patient Experience
Patient having a heart attack
Calls 911
Taken to Nearest Community Hospital ED in
Ambulance
Assessed and Triaged to Heart Hospital
Taken to Heart Hospital via Ambulance or
Helicopter
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Helipad Patient Benefits

• Time is (Heart) Muscle
• Door to Balloon Time
• Every second counts and can mean the difference
  between life and death, health and disability
• UMH Heart Institute provides Backup to Community
  Hospitals throughout Maryland
• 20 Minute Delay from Montebello includes powering
  down of helicopter, unloading and reloading of
  patient to ambulance, travel to Union Memorial
  Hospital
• Top 100 Heart Hospital
• Only one in Maryland only one without a
  helipad
• new hospital construction includes helipad

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Flight Path

• Hospital facilities may have only a single
  approach and departure path although a second
  flight path provides an additional safety margin
  and operational flexibility
• Primary flight path is 33rd Street which will be
  preferred on approach and departure
• Secondary flight paths will only be used when
  necessary

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Primary Flight Path
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University
Greenmount
33rd Street
Calvert
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Altitude Distance Relationship
2000
1500
Altitude of Helicopter in Feet
1000
500
Helipad Elevation 128
Distance from Helipad in Feet
Street
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
At 1000 (approximately 3 blocks from hospital)
helicopter altitude is greater than 500,
reducing sound impact.
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Sound Overview
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Sound Overview
Jackhammer
Ambulance Siren / Thunder Clap
Power Lawn Mower operators ear
Ambulance 434 pm
Diesel Truck 40 mph
Outside Noise Levels 302 33rd Street February 3
Noon to Midnight
Garbage Disposal 3 ft / City Traffic
Helicopter 400 pm
Vacuum Cleaner / Crowded Restaurant
Passenger Car 50 mph
Conversation 3 ft / AC Window Unit
Average Home Interior
Quiet Room
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Safety Overview

• Eurocopter (EC135) helicopter twin engine
  aircraft is considered to be one of the safest
  helicopters ever built
• The project will comply with safety standards
• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), National
  Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Baltimore
  City and State of Maryland
• NTSB and FAA historical records indicate that
  helipads have had a PERFECT safety record as it
  relates to physical risk to any member of the
  general public or anyone in the surrounding
  community.
• Agreement with YMCA as emergency landing site
• If weather conditions are such to pose a safety
  or comfort issue, flights are canceled

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Future Purpose

• Support heart and hand trauma cases only
• One to five heart cases per week
• three hand trauma cases per month
• Union Memorial would not change its emergency
  room designation with the State Remaining at a
  Level 1 ER
• A TRAUMA CENTER DISTINCTION WOULD
• NOT BE PURSUED

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Next Steps

• Hearing date with Planning Commission
• March 8 or 22
• 11-12 month period before facility is operational
  (Construction approximately 9 months)

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Questions Answers
www.unionmemorial.org/helipad
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