It would be interesting to know how others would have dealt with the 29 stone (406lbs or 184 kg) patient my boss was faced with the other week. Including the trolley he was on, the combined weight was an estimated 500lbs (227kgs) and it took 10 people to lift him into the aircraft! Try doing that in a HEMS helicopter!! They had to borrow sheets of plywood from the building site next door use spread the load of the 4 small trolley wheels on the cabin floor!
Well we would just drop the ramp and wheel him and the trolley into the S-92 with some loadspreaders under the wheels!
Simple really with the right aircraft!
Wiretensioner