"charles" wrote in message
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In article om,
dennis@home wrote:

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However the helicopter air ambulances probably don't save any lives.
If you think about it they are always secondary units to arrive and the
paramedics that are already at the sceen have already done the work to
stabilise the patient before the helicopter is even scrambled.

I am pretty sure that the same amount of money invested elsewhere would
be far more effective in saving lives.

However its your money to spend as you please, just don't try and spend
public money on them.

A couple of years ago, I was very near someone who collapsed, two separate
Firsat Aid responders arrived and could not revive him. Then a helicopter
arrived - some 20 minutes after he'd ceased breathing. The medical staff
spenta nother 30 minutes on site, trying to revive him - to no avail. My
own, limited, first aid experience told me that there is less than 2
minutes to get the blood circulation in brain restored if there is to be
any chance of teh patient recovering.

The technical term for that is 'pathetically inadequate sample'

And you have no idea what would have happened if the
First Aid responders did manage get him breathing again.