Category of operations for EMS
How many current Aussie EMS operators don't mandate in their Ops Manual that their EMS operations are conducted under the CHTR category? Ours always has.
The patient(s) we all carry normally have no opportunity to make an informed decision as to whether they wish to go in a helicopter or not, so there should be an expectation that a high level of safety is associated with any EMS transport.
For mine, NVIS is the way to go with an IFR fallback position. Plus of course, a helicopter that will meet the PC2 requirement of 1%, soon to become 50fpm by all accounts.
Geoff.