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FACTS Training and STARK Survival Now Offer New Mobile Helicopter Emergency Procedures Simulator.


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OLYMPIA, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2002

FACTS Training and STARK Survival now offer a new emergency and evacuation-training program for rotary aircraft crews and frequent flyers frequent flyer Hospital practice A popular term for a Pt who is regularly admitted to a particular ER or health care facility, for various reasons .

After nearly a year of design, construction and program development, the new, mobile, full-motion, HeliFACTS simulator (1) Software that enables the execution of an application written for a different computer environment. Same as emulator.

(2) Software that models the interactions of hypothetical or real-world objects or business processes.
 is on the road! Through the combined efforts of FACTS Training and STARK Survival, the new helicopter crew training program provides the most realistic, safe training environment possible to prepare crews for inflight emergencies and survival. The new simulator is one-of-a-kind. The full size cockpit and cabin interior can be quickly changed to a variety of configurations, including executive, industrial, and EMS interiors for patient evacuation evacuation /evac·u·a·tion/ (e-vak?u-a´shun)
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2. catharsis; emptying of the bowels.


e·vac·u·a·tion
n.
 training.

The one-day HeliFACTS training program includes inflight emergencies, evacuations, submerged/inverted water evacuation from one of the newly designed portable Dunker Dunker

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 trainers, emergency equipment and breathing apparatus use, and survival skills. As part of the FACTS/AirCare family of companies, Inflight Emergency Medical and Defibrillation Defibrillation Definition

Defibrillation is a process in which an electronic device sends an electric shock to the heart to stop an extremely rapid, irregular heartbeat, and restore the normal heart rhythm.
 training may be added to the programs, upon request.

The HeliFACTS programs are scheduled across the U.S. and Canada. Additionally, with the mobile design, the complete HeliFACTS simulator and training programs can easily be brought to flight departments for on-site training.

Further information can be accessed on the FACTS/AirCare website: www.facts-aircare.com or by calling 360/754-9805.

About FACTS Training:

Established in 1981, FACTS is FACTS I Federal Agencies' Centralized Trial-Balance System  recognized worldwide as corporate aviation's emergency training of choice. FACTS pioneered a systematic, human factors approach to cabin safety training and was the first to use full-size corporate cockpit and cabin simulators, emphasizing "team training" to include pilots, flight engineers, and flight attendants. Currently, FACTS conducts over 120 scheduled training programs per year in fifteen cities across North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , and custom on-site training programs around the world.

About STARK Survival Company:

STARK Survival Company has been providing emergency and survival training since 1981. STARK Survival is owned by FACTS Training and AirCare International, Ltd.
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