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IHST Overview Bob Sheffield – IHST Executive Committee Member

IHST Overview Bob Sheffield – IHST Executive Committee Member AgustaWestland EMS Seminar – September 2012. Objectives. Awareness What is the IHST? Engagement Implement IHST recommendations Influence other operators to do the same. Overview. IHST ’ s volunteer evolution Products

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IHST Overview Bob Sheffield – IHST Executive Committee Member

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  1. IHST Overview Bob Sheffield – IHST Executive Committee Member AgustaWestland EMS Seminar – September 2012

  2. Objectives • Awareness • What is the IHST? • Engagement • Implement IHST recommendations • Influence other operators to do the same

  3. Overview • IHST’s volunteer evolution • Products • Results

  4. Why? Helicopters save lives. ““Condicio sine qua non: Safety” – Dr. Mele “The patient is a unique passenger with no choice of carrier and no choice of carriage.” – Tom Judge “Using a helicopter should be at least as safe as an ambulance.” – Nicolas Letellier “.. Inconsistent standards…” – Roberto Garavaglia Every accident is our accident.

  5. HEMS FATAL ACCIDENTSFY 2002-FY 2008 • From FY 2002 through FY 2008, 33 HEMS helicopters were involved in 32 fatal accidents, with 83 fatalities. • Annual averages: • 4.5 fatal accidents • 12 fatalities • 23 fatal accidents & 65 fatalities at night. • 2 more in October 2008 (FY 2009 – Aurora & 1 ground operation (Information current as of 10/23/2008) Source: Dennis Pratte, US FAA, Public HEMS Meeting, 29 October 2008

  6. HEMS Fatal Accident Rates Compared To Road Ambulances • HEMS average 4.5 fatal accidents & 12 fatalities per year. • This includes 3.3 fatal accidents & 9.3 fatalities at night. • Road ambulances average 10 fatal accidents & 11 fatalities • This includes 1 fatal accident & 1 fatality per year at night. • HEMS moves 0.5 million patients per year • Road ambulances move 15 million patients per year. • HEMS Rates versus Road Ambulance rates • Fatal accident rate exceeds road by 13.5-fold • Fatality rate exceeds road by 34-fold • Sources: 500,000 HEMS movements from AAMS. • Highway data from NHTSA Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS). • Road ambulance movements (30 million) from U.S. Fire Administration & “Firehouse Magazine” Annual Survey of EMS. Source: Dennis Pratte, US FAA, Public HEMS Meeting, 29 October 2008

  7. Safety advantage by HEMS (Bruhn, Williams, & Afghababian, 1993) (Thies, Sep, & Derksen, 2006) (Hinkelbein, Dambier, Viergutz, & Genzwürker, 2008) Stefan Becker: Medical & Economical Perspectives for HEMS in Europe

  8. IHST Background 2006: IHST INDUSTRY/GOVERNMENT EFFORT BEGAN TODAY NEARLY 40 COUNTRIES SUPPORT THE IHST ANALYZE ACCIDENT DATA DEVELOP SAFETY TOOLKITS GOAL: 80% ACCIDENT REDUCTION BY 2016

  9. IHST Organization Chart Executive Committee Government Co-Chair FAA - Kim Smith Industry Co-Chair HAI – Matt Zuccaro Secretariat AHS – Mike Hirschberg Program Director FAA – James Viola Director Sikorsky – Fred Brisbois Director Eurocopter - Gilles Bruniaux Director Bristow – Bill Chiles Director Somen Chowdhury Director Helicopter Assoc. Canada – Fred Jones Director AgustaWestland – Bob Sheffield Director Flight Safety Foundation – Bill Voss Director Irish Aviation Authority – John Steel Metrics Team Co-Chair Ed DiCampli Regional Partners - Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe, MENA Safety Committee, India, Japan, Russia, US Communications Team FAA - Tony Molinaro Metrics Team Co-Chair FAA - Sean Hafner

  10. IHST = Worldwide EffortGovernment and Industry - Partners In Safety IHST follows a process adapted from the successful Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST) Key attributes: Data driven recommendations Regional ownership – Data is owned and analyzed by those familiar with it. Safety recommendations are implemented by teams most familiar with local challenges and needs. Key resources provided by regulatory bodies, associations, operators, original equipment manufacturers and customers. US and European Regional teams are available for: Sharing analysis tools and products Training and coaching regional teams, Measuring the results

  11. IHST = Worldwide Effort 500 Volunteers in 40 Countries Growing each Year First 5 Years 2006 – 2011 The IHST stood up Safety Teams in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Brazil, India, Japan, GCC/MENA, and Australia. Mid Course Correction 2012 – 2016 To ensure we meet the 80% accident reduction by 2016 the IHST is expanding and refocusing efforts in South America and Australia. New efforts initiated in New Zealand, and South Africa. The IHST will continue on-going work in US, Canada, Europe, India, Japan, GCC/MENA, Mexico and Russia. 11

  12. Helicopter Accidents by Mission Type Analyzing 523 accidents in the U.S. from three years of data (2000, 2001, and 2006), the IHST has verified that these mission types have the highest percentage of accidents. mission typeshare of accidents Personal/Private 18.5 percent Instructional/Training 17.6 percent Aerial Application 10.3 percent Emergency Medical Services 7.6 percent Commercial 7.5 percent

  13. Helicopter Accidents by Activity Analyzing 523 accidents in the U.S. from three years of data (2000, 2001, and 2006), the IHST has verified that these activities have the highest percentage of accidents. activityshare of accidents Instructional/Training 22.8 percent Positioning/RTB 13.2 percent Personal/Private 12.4 percent Passenger/Cargo 9.8 percent Aerial Application 9.0 percent

  14. Similarity in Results Worldwide Accidents by Mission and Activity are Similar 14

  15. An Accurate Understanding of the World’s Helicopter Operation (CY 2011)

  16. 18.6% Rate of Decrease 2006-2011 HEMS 6.4 HEMS 2.9

  17. Accident Rates Vary by Region of the WorldCivil registered helicopter accidents and flight hours from IHST dataPre-IHST (2001-2005) accident rates vs. CY2011 accident rates World Pre: 9.4 Sep 2011: 6.5 Accidents per 100K Flt Hrs Europe Pre: 7.1 2011: 6.1 NorthAmerica Pre: 9.3 2011: 4.9 Asia Pre: 9.4 2011: 9.7 Africa Pre: 12.9 2011: 5.4 SouthAmerica Pre: 9.7 2011: 14.0 Oceania Pre: 17.5 2011: 15.5 Accuracy of flight hour exposure estimate improves every year. 17 25 January 2012

  18. Source: International Helicopter Safety Team

  19. Civil Registered Helicopters Accidents IHST Started Jan 2006 Source: International Helicopter Safety Team

  20. Key Endorsements at Heli-Expo 2010 and IHSS 2010In a ringing endorsement of the IHST safety initiative, the CEO’s of AgustaWestland, Bell Helicopter Textron, Eurocopter and Sikorsky Aircraft signed a joint letter captioned “A Call for Action by Helicopter Owners.” and “Ten Major Offshore Operators” signed a joint letter of commitment captioned “Call to Action by and for Offshore Helicopter 0perators” The letters call upon all operators “to implement the safety enhancements recommended by the International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST).” The areas cited in the letters are the adoption of: Safety Management Systems (SMS) Improved Training Use of advanced systems/equipment Flight data monitoring systems (FDM) Health monitoring systems (HUMS) Use of mission-specific equipment Night vision goggles Avionics to avoid controlled flight into terrain Strict compliance with manufacturer’s maintenance program Cultural/Behavioural Change, and Crew Resource Management (CRM) Program

  21. Heli-Expo 2011 - A Call for Action by HEMS Organizations • “A Call to Action by and Helicopter Emergency Medical Services Organizations” – AAMS, AeroMed, ACCT, AMOA, EHAC, MedEvac, NEMSPA. • The letter calls upon “all those who operate helicopters in the HEMS environment to implement the safety enhancements recommended • by the IHST.” • The areas cited in the letter are the adoption of: • Safety Management Systems (SMS) • Improved Training • Use of advanced systems/equipment • Flight data monitoring systems (FDM) • Health monitoring systems (HUMS) • Cultural/Behavioural Change, and • Aeromedical Crew Resource Management (CRM) Programs

  22. IHST SAFETY TOOLKITS 22 Edition 2 Edition 2 Translation of Toolkits in Progress SMS 1st Edition 22

  23. IHST SAFETY TOOLS Helicopter Safety Leaflets Helicopter Airmanship Degraded Visual Environment (DVE) Vortex Ring State Loss of Tail rotor Effectiveness (LTE) Static and dynamic rollover Helicopter Safety Video Degraded Visual Environment (DVE) 23 23

  24. WWW.IHST.ORG IHST ON FACEBOOK IHST ON TWITTER We encourage you to add the www.ihst.org link to your company website 24 24

  25. Conclusions: We are making progress. We have the tools. We need to engage those who have yet to hear or heed the IHST’s message. Join IHST to “Meet the IHST Challenge” 25

  26. “Meeting the IHST Challenge” Expand our efforts worldwide Implement proven safety measures Meet the 80% accident rate reduction target by 2016 Thank you for your attention Questions? 26

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