A Vanderbilt LifeFlight Nurse wants new safety standards for EMS helicopters.   Kevin High, RN, testified before the National Transportation Safety Board's four-day hearing on helicopter EMS safety, which was prompted by a record year in helicopter EMS accident fatalities.

"The take-home message for nurses here is we need to be engaged," said Kevin High, RN, president of the Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association and trauma program manager for Vanderbilt LifeFlight, Nashville, Tenn. "We've got skin in this game. Nurses are losing their lives in the line of duty."   More details from nurse.com