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          Skyaid Life Savings and costs  Draft 3/19/01
   323,000 Annual US CardioVascular Deaths which are premature (before age 75)
             reference: - www.Skyaid.Org/Medical/CVD_Statistics.htm
       42% Percent of CVD which are due to Sudden Cardiac Arrests
   135,660 Sudden Cardiac Deaths/year in US which are premature
250,000,00 US Population (1995)
       543 Rate of Premature Sudden Cardiac Death in US per million population
 2,000,000 Population in inner circle
     1,085 Number of premature SCD in inner circle
       365 Days per year
       3.0 Daily premature SCD in 24 mile (inner) circle
       50% Percent of false alarms = Skycar trips which are not for SCA
       4.5 Daily Skycar trips  for SCA - including false alarms
       0.6 Hours for each Skycar SCA trip - including bringing person to hospital
       2.7 Subtotal hours per day for Skycar SCA trips
    10,000 Annual number of heart attacks and strokes in 140 mile (outer) circle
        27 Daily number of heart attacks and strokes
        41 Daily number of heart attacks and strokes - including false alarms
         1 Hours for each Skycar Heart Attack / Stroke trip
             note: - includes delivery to critical care center of all non-false alarms
        41 Subtotal hours per day for Skycar Heart Attack + Stroke trips
        44 Total daily Skycar hours: SCA, + Heart Attack + Stroke
       7.0 Daily hours for Skycar - allowing margin for peak calls, maint, spares
       6.3 Number of Skycars needed for both inner and outer circles
         3 Number of crews needed per 8 hour shift
         4 Shifts needed for 7 day a week, 24 hours a day coverage
                        - - - - Developed country costs - - - -
         2 Number of people in a Skycar crew
   $80,000 Annual cost per person in crew
$1,920,000 Total annual crew cost
   $50,000 Annual amortization of a Skycar (10% per year)
   $10,000 Annual cost of medical suppliers and equipment in each Skycar - guess
   $20,000 Annual maintenance of a Skycar - guess additional 40% of Skycar cost
   $20,000 Annual fuel for a Skycar - guess additional 40% of Skycar cost
  $100,000 Annual cost of a Skycar in the fleet
  $625,313 Annual costs for all Skycars in the urban fleet
$1,875,940 Annual costs for facilities, overhead, etc - guess 3X of Skycar costs
$4,421,253 Annual total costs for Crew, Skycars, facilities
       300 Additional lives saved by Skyaid from SCD in inner circle with existing 911
     1,000 Additional lives saved by Skyaid from Heart Attack and Stroke in outer circle
     1,300 Additional lives saved by Skyaid for all three reasons
    $3,401 Cost per life saved - developed country
            Note: this does not consider additional quality of life years for survivors
       800 Lives saved in inner circle (SCA + 50% of HA, Stroke)
     $2.21 Cost of all life savings as an annual tax to population in inner circle
     $1.11 Cost of all life savings as an annual tax to population in outer circle

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