Well, I spent all day yesterday (Wednesday) at a meeting attended by 115 people, consultants, physicians, paramedics and a few managers from air ambulances from all over the country, reviewing case studies from all areas of the UK.
Very sobering it was, from paediatric incidents to serious RTA's and everything in between, with a range of outcomes. I was astounded by the frankness and honestly shown.
To cover a few of your points above:
- the different air ambulance outfits do talk and learn from what others have done
- Cases are subject to peer review
- different outfits have different capabilities and resources
- sorry guys, your lovely shiny helicopters are just a way to get the people that matter, where they're needed, quickly