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FAA Considers Safety of Medical Helicopters

The Federal Aviation Administration is taking a closer at the safety of medical helicopters. This latest round of scrutiny comes days after an accident in Wisconsin that killed three people on board. The number of medical helicopters has ballooned this decade, and so has the number of accidents. For this week's conversation about health, we turn to Dr. Charles Emerman, Associate Chief of Staff at MetroHealth Medical Center. He spoke with ideastream®'s Eric Wellman