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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-s-stars-air-ambulance-slammed-in-draft-provincial-report-1.2542471 Let’s pull some of the relevant pieces out of this article shall we. As a point of reference regarding the report’s author, Dr. Stephen Wheeler is the medical director of B.C. Air Ambulance and Critical Care Transport. Dr. Wheeler was commissioned by Manitoba Health to write it and is in no way affiliated with any of the affected families, STARS, or Manitoba Health (with the obvious exception of being commissioned to write said report). BC air ambulance programs have no inclination to take over rotary operations in Manitoba. Rather difficult to dispute this point. Pretty basic stuff. Check your equipment at the start of your shift. No different than a ground ambulance crew. Dr. Wheeler goes on to elaborate further regarding the issue of insufficient training. Keep in mind Dr. Wheeler is not seeking to have STARS ousted. His recommendations are entirely about remedying the issues raised. Damning as this whole thing sounds he’s actually trying to help them be successful. Here are some of the key interim recommendations he has made. The last one listed in particular is critically important.