On 12/03/2013 20:28, SteveW wrote:
On 11/03/2013 07:45, dennis@home wrote:
On 10/03/2013 21:48, SteveW wrote:
On 10/03/2013 10:13, The Moron Handyman wrote:

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The Denboi idiot strikes again. Helicopters have two useful functions,
1) being that they can get to remote or difficult areas faster and 2)
that they can get the patient to hospital faster.

3) They can transport patients with back or neck injuries without the
bumps of road transport. Although you could consider that part of 2 by
having an ambulance drive at a crawl.

SteveW


So now you want air ambulances at *all* crashes, etc. as the patient may
have a neck or back injury.

No, you're making that up. I said no such thing.


Well how do you know the victim doesn't have neck or spinal injuries?
If its vital that they have a helicopter then you must need one for any
victim that could have neck or spinal injuries and you can't be sure
until they are in the hospital.

After a crash an air ambulance is requested where the ground paramedics
consider it a sensible or necessary precaution - not for every crash.

Don't tell Dave that he is sure there are no ground staff.


They are also used to transport patients between hospitals at times,
either where speed or lack of bumps is necessary - you used to see
stories in the papers of ambulances transferring patients long distances
to specialist spinal units, crawling at 10mph along motorways with
police escorts.

SteveW


That is not a reason to have emergency air ambulances.
You could use commercial services or design a better ambulance.