I don't fly choppers but what the heck!
My Motion Computing LS800 tablet computer and mobile phone let me flight plan from anywhere (in Oz at least) to anywhere else and submit it in a matter of a few minutes only. I can access NAIPS, wheather maps etc. My flight planning program has all of the details of my particular aircraft and the std parameters that I use for flightplanning.
I would have thought EMS crew would be able to spit a flightplan out of a computer and get themselves underway, then amend as required once airborne
Surely these days GPS and moving map have removed any hassle with navigating to a particular point, provided you know an accurate position of your target. For $2k a Garmin 296 will take you anywhere in the world you want to go +/- a meter or so.
Yes, and before someone jumps down my throat, experience lets you throw all the technology away and find your way around by looking out the window (and at a map if you have to).
Technology has taken the hassle out of flightplanning!
Dr