Best EMS configs??
Trying to understand EMS configs, and separate fact from fiction (get an un-tainted opinion.)
Cruisng the brochures (air methods, OEMs, etc)
1) I see some with medical attendant at the head, but with little access to the sides (especially in two litter configuration.) I am told medical attendant at the head is more important than access to the side. True or False? and Why? (EC-135s provide at the head, but an A-109 photo I saw had attendants at the side.)
2) I see many configurations with patient's head forward, other with it aft. Does it make a difference - so long as the attendant has access? I've been told head-forward is preferred, but then the attendant at the head has to sit aft facing (which most people don't like) and in normal flight attitude, the head is down. Maybe that's preferred (ie: feet elevated) but not always. I know that if I was conscious, I'd want to be feet-forward.
Not my area directly, but I'd like to understand.
Avnx EO