Crab
Careful with kissing off seconds there. Its been a cornerstone of your argument elsewhere.
But you do have a point.
NVJ
And its not just lack of a hoist that limits air ambulances. Hoist requires trained crew, equipment and aircraft performance to match, all of which costs a great deal of money. Likely the wrong side of the cost-benefit analysis for most air ambulances (which are charities remember - they probably dream about having the military's funding problems). Also air ambulances, with a 2 and a bit ton downwash and a 30-odd ft rotor diameter, can go lots of places you wouldn't want to put a Sea King.
Sven