Nurse
The RAF SAR Rearcrew are aircrew initially trained as Med Technicians then after 2 years attend more training to become Paramedics. The qualifications are the same as civvy street and training is by a medical faculty with a plethoa of trauma consultants in the team. The drive for registered status was driven by government legislation but the guys are now trained to equal status as any ambulance crew. The Jigsaw crews are trained by the same team. Training concentrates on mainstream work but the peads and the old folk have to be covered just as a civvy crew.
I understand your comments about RAF medics, horses for courses, but SAR Rearcrew work in a diferent environment and require different standards of training.
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