BBC: Air Medics
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Great scenery shots
How about that scenery over in the Lakes? Great filming from castle Air. The Dauphin looks really sleek flying against the backdrop of the hills. I believe the pilots also get paid. Even smogland looks half decent from 1000' (if I close my eyes slightly).
Winches are expensive in training for a charity outfit when you look at times they would be used. Its always a balance of kit carried against size / weight / cost and so on. The SAR crews have all the expertise on that side and I would be interested in hearing how often they need to use the winch. Local MRT usually have a good idea if it going to be a winch job or not and will ask ARCC for a Seaking as soon as they think this is the case.
Winches are expensive in training for a charity outfit when you look at times they would be used. Its always a balance of kit carried against size / weight / cost and so on. The SAR crews have all the expertise on that side and I would be interested in hearing how often they need to use the winch. Local MRT usually have a good idea if it going to be a winch job or not and will ask ARCC for a Seaking as soon as they think this is the case.
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Original Mountain Marathon
Was the Air Medics series being filmed when the Original Mountain Marathon got hit by bad weather?
If so, did GNAA get involved and which episode does it feature in? I understand from friends taking part in the event that quite a few people required assistance.
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If so, did GNAA get involved and which episode does it feature in? I understand from friends taking part in the event that quite a few people required assistance.
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No Air Medics was filmed a good twelve months before the il faited mountain marathon event.
Not sure if the GNAA was tasked to help out with the event.One for the GNAA PR Dept.
Not sure if the GNAA was tasked to help out with the event.One for the GNAA PR Dept.
There were vehicles parked about 50 yds from the incident so why didn't a land ambulance attend?
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They carried that chap in the Lakes further than that over rough ground. The GNAA medics must be made of tougher stuff than the land ambulance stretcher bearers. 
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Why carry him at all?
In the time it took to carry the cas to the air amb, a SAR helo could have had him in hospital, without the risk and discomfort (to both cas and helpers) of a prolonged carry over rough ground. And a SAR crew are much less likely to get 'blocked in' by a change in the weather, being both trained and equipped for such events.
Some might deduce that self-promotion, and keeping the stats up, would seem to rank at least as highly as the patients best interests...
In the time it took to carry the cas to the air amb, a SAR helo could have had him in hospital, without the risk and discomfort (to both cas and helpers) of a prolonged carry over rough ground. And a SAR crew are much less likely to get 'blocked in' by a change in the weather, being both trained and equipped for such events.
Some might deduce that self-promotion, and keeping the stats up, would seem to rank at least as highly as the patients best interests...
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Air Medics starts 19 Jun
Hi folks, I've just heard that the BBC series 'Air Medics' runs with 7 x 30 min episodes from 19 Jun to 31st July. On Beeb 1 at 7.30, so its a nice spot for helicopters and air ambulance work. It follows various events from all 3 of the Great North Machines. The old Bolkow in Northumbria, 902 at Durham Tees Valley and Dauphin at Penrith, Cumbria. Bits I've seen are great air to air and scenery thanks to Castle Air. I always think Dauph. looks slick when tanking along.
Here is some of the BBC blurb:
FILMING the SERIES
Filming Air Medics took over four months, with embedded camera directors living and breathing every gritty moment as medical teams rushed to major accidents. With the use of multiple mini-cams, combined with air-to-air filming recorded on a state-of-the-art Cineflex High Definition camera rig, (the same used in BBC’s ‘MOUNTAIN’ and ‘COAST’), this high-octane series is a wonderful mixture of stunning landscapes and raw action.
Through eight thematic half-hour films, viewers will experience first hand the nail-biting missions taken on by the Teesside, Carlisle and Northumberland helicopters. Safeguarding some of the most wild and beautiful areas of the UK, the crews are on call seven days a week, 365 days a year. Ready to react at moment’s notice, their patients can be any of the 3.5 million locals or thousands of tourists who flock to the region’s picturesque yet sometimes lethal landscapes.
Its a slightly different slant to the London HEMS episodes as they tend to get a lot more trauma than the more rural north. Should be good to watch.
Here is some of the BBC blurb:
FILMING the SERIES
Filming Air Medics took over four months, with embedded camera directors living and breathing every gritty moment as medical teams rushed to major accidents. With the use of multiple mini-cams, combined with air-to-air filming recorded on a state-of-the-art Cineflex High Definition camera rig, (the same used in BBC’s ‘MOUNTAIN’ and ‘COAST’), this high-octane series is a wonderful mixture of stunning landscapes and raw action.
Through eight thematic half-hour films, viewers will experience first hand the nail-biting missions taken on by the Teesside, Carlisle and Northumberland helicopters. Safeguarding some of the most wild and beautiful areas of the UK, the crews are on call seven days a week, 365 days a year. Ready to react at moment’s notice, their patients can be any of the 3.5 million locals or thousands of tourists who flock to the region’s picturesque yet sometimes lethal landscapes.
Its a slightly different slant to the London HEMS episodes as they tend to get a lot more trauma than the more rural north. Should be good to watch.
