So....lets see here.....Minor Injuries, Patient taken by road ambulance after being extracted from the vehicle (how long did the extraction take?), No EMT's in Norway, sounds like there is no radio comms between ground units and the helicopter (or am I wrong on that?), No LZ was set up for the helicopter (Are Ground Units trained and equipped to do that?), Where did the helicopter land to retrieve the Doctor?
The level of care provided is far more important than just time alone. The Golden Hour is not etched in stone and really does trend along the curve that is based on both timeliness and sophistication of the care provided.
What level of equipment is the aircraft equipped with, what does the Doctor carry in his Trauma Bag, and how much can he do by himself?
Lots of variables folks....I would suggest some thought ought to be given to what is being said....in the American usage of the phrase "Emergency Medical Service", which includes both Patient Transfer and Scene Response....we apply a single standard to those Operations as we see them one and the same.
You Brits divide the two and apply differing standards....for whatever reason.
Yes, you don't seem to Kill off yourselves as often as our folks do...but then we operate 24 Hours a day with well over 800 aircraft in the Fleet. Care to tell us how many Aircraft in your fleet and how many Night Operations you conduct each year?
You "Life Savers" out there need to remember People ride in ground ambulances when you cannot or do not fly them. People die every day...and putting yourselves at unnecessary risks does not make you anymore the Hero....just a lot more likely to hurt yourselves and others.
The belief you do it "better" is a myth.
You do less of it and in the daylight.
Who we should look to for counsel are the Canadians. They seem to have found the happy middle ground on all this. The Australians do a pretty good job of it too.
Last edited by SASless; 5th May 2013 at 00:06.