Sasless - the whole point of sending a helicopter miles out to sea to rescue a casualty is that you intend to get them to hospital as quickly as possible because their situation is worsening.
The worst case would be a stretcher lift with either multiple fractures/head injury who may need a lot of stabilising and packaging or a bariatric (very fat) casualty who would take some manoeuvring in the confines of a ship.
Either way we, the RN and the CG usually have a lot less than an hour on scene to get the casualty on board and manage it every time - I guess it's just what you are trained for that enables you to get the job done quickly.
Yes I would be interested in a factual account of what happened - I just wouldn't base every crew's likely capabilities or skills on that specific report, that's all
