Airport emergency medical services.

To obtain improved emergency medical services at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport, a combination of utilization of existing fire, police, and medical services and improved technology was adopted. Exemplified by the use of EMT and an automatic cardiac defibrillator/pacer (Heart Aide), this system resulted in increased survival for victims of cardiac arrest at the Twin Cities airport. Furthermore, this system allowed for improved triage efficiency and breadth of services that complemented the already existing aircraft crash disaster program.