Are there RAF medics on board or are the Loadies/Aeops trained as Paramedics.
If you speak to AMS personell they have a very low regard for RAF medics certainly the concensus with Naval and Army medics is the standard of common core syllabus for medics was lowered to accomidate the RAF with its (GP type primary care slant as opposed to the trauma care slant of other 2 services) and this has caused huge problems for Army and Navy who need their medics to work independently. The move to Paramedic in the military hasn't been driven by need but by 'Clinical Governance' which effectivly doesn't recognise the Medics as they historically had no externally recognised to role qualifications. If RAF SAR is going to carry paramedics this can only be a bonus.