Today federal hearings began in Washington, where a local paramedic is pushing for new safety measures in medical helicopters.
Last year, nine crashes killed 35 people, making 2008 the worst year in history for helicopter EMS.
As we told you last week, Lifeline manager Jason Hums with OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center, is assisting the National Transportation Safety Board with the hearings.
He's offering suggestions like concrete weather standards for flying and better night vision equipment to improve helicopter safety. Other specialists say the statistics are alarming.
The NTSB will spend four days looking at the problem.