Jet suit paramedic tested in the Lake District 'could save lives'

[Saul Goodman]

I think by publicity stunt people mean that they don't seriously expect any paramedics to be kitted out like this and flying around the fells anytime soon. It's a marketing gig. Nothing wrong with that. Good luck to them.

I'd be more inclined to buy one if the video showed people racing round a lake and crashing into each other. Paramedics already have helicopters.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Yeah, ditto BASE jumping which I did toy with the idea of getting into a one point but decided I had quite a nice life that I liked.

Here's a classic Russian BASE jump. He goes splat. Survives though.

Holy fuck




Tends to be the same tired-of-life BASE jumpers that get in to wing suit stuff. Makes for good YouTube though

 

[NoXion]

I was suggesting it's mostly a publicity stunt as I see it having limited actual use, unlike helicopters which had a practical and proven use before they were brought in for mountain rescue and air ambulance use. And GNAAS (like all air ambulances in the UK) aren't part of the NHS, but are charities and as such are always on the scrounge for money. And this is bound to take people to their website and maybe donate, and get them coverage in the news.

Limited application was my first thought with regards to this thing. Although two days' training versus however long it takes to make a qualified helicopter pilot (which is bound to take significantly longer and therefore more expensive) sounds like kind of a big deal. Small enough to fit in the back of a Land Rover too, so that might make up somewhat for range limitations.

But then I've never done rescue work, so I'm not exactly qualified to make such an assessment. Would be nice to get some opinions from independent experts on the subject.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Yeah, ditto BASE jumping which I did toy with the idea of getting into a one point but decided I had quite a nice life that I liked.

Here's a classic Russian BASE jump. He goes splat. Survives though.

Gotta love those Russians

 

[LDC]

Idk I can see them getting loads of enquiries for jobs though.

Air ambulance is never short of applications. You have to be already be a pilot, doctor, or paramedic, they don't recruit non-qualified people.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Limited application was my first thought with regards to this thing. Although two days' training versus however long it takes to make a qualified helicopter pilot (whch is bound to be significantly longer and therefore more expensive) sounds like kind of a big deal. Small enough to fit in the back of a Land Rover too, so that might make up somewhat for range limitations.

But then I've never done rescue work, so I'm not exactly qualified to make such an assessment. Would be nice to get some opinions from independent experts on the subject.

Paramedics don't need a helicopter license. That's one of the benefits of helicopters, they can carry more than one person. A helicopter can also airlift the patient, which I think would be problematic with one of these.

 

[Dogsauce]

Limited application was my first thought with regards to this thing. Although two days' training versus however long it takes to make a qualified helicopter pilot (which is bound to take significantly longer and therefore more expensive) sounds like kind of a big deal. Small enough to fit in the back of a Land Rover too, so that might make up somewhat for range limitations.

But then I've never done rescue work, so I'm not exactly qualified to make such an assessment. Would be nice to get some opinions from independent experts on the subject.

maybe they would be more suitable than helicopters in certain weather conditions such as low cloud or reduced visibility? Or in places like gorges that would be too narrow for a helicopter to enter.

 

[NoXion]

Paramedics don't need a helicopter license. That's one of the benefits of helicopters, they can carry more than one person. A helicopter can also airlift the patient, which I think would be problematic with one of these.

Pretty sure that not every callout involves airlifting anyone. I assume that they're gonna keep using the helicopters.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

maybe they would be more suitable than helicopters in certain weather conditions such as low cloud or reduced visibility? Or in places like gorges that would be too narrow for a helicopter to enter.

Could have got that poor sod stuck up a chimney a while back.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Could have got that poor sod stuck up a chimney a while back.

Santa?

 

[platinumsage]

Could have got that poor sod stuck up a chimney a while back.

Pretty sure it would have been considered too dangerous to land one of these on a chimney rim.

 

[belboid]

It clearly is a publicity stunt and the article basically says as much. But that doesn’t negate the fact that they could be very useful in particular circumstances - getting to places where a helicopter couldn’t, providing triage and first aid type treatments that will allow the patient to get somewhere from where they could be transported. It still looks far from achieving that, but most such new forms of engineering do until they finally work.

 

[two sheds]

Nobody else keeps reading this as "je suis paramedic" then

 

[Saul Goodman]

Nobody else keeps reading this as "je suis paramedic" then

I keep reading the start of this thread title and wondering why a french paramedic would be announcing his arrival to the boards.

.

 

[two sheds]

I searched 'je suis' you expect me to read the whole thread??

 

[Saul Goodman]

I searched 'je suis' you expect me to read the whole thread??

All two pages?

 

[two sheds]

yes

I'm doing things

 

[SheilaNaGig]

ETA
Having now read the fucking thread...
Not just me then....



I keep seeing the thread title and reading it as

Je suis paramedic...

 

[JimW]

Used to have all their albums but now only have the CD of Jetsuit Paramedic Live at the Trocadero.

 

[WouldBe]

I keep reading the start of this thread title and wondering why a french paramedic would be announcing his arrival to the boards.

I keep reading it as "je suis" now.

 

[WouldBe]

I was suggesting it's mostly a publicity stunt as I see it having limited actual use, unlike helicopters which had a practical and proven use before they were brought in for mountain rescue and air ambulance use. And GNAAS (like all air ambulances in the UK) aren't part of the NHS, but are charities and as such are always on the scrounge for money. And this is bound to take people to their website and maybe donate, and get them coverage in the news.

It would be cheaper to train the paramedics to abseil from the helicopter than to invest in jet packs.

 

[belboid]

It would be cheaper to train the paramedics to abseil from the helicopter than to invest in jet packs.

I think its about 5k a day to maintain West Yorks' 'copter, and each outing costs about 2k. So, probably not

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

It would be cheaper to train the paramedics to abseil from the helicopter than to invest in jet packs.

It'll be like the tunnel of goats, "Can we have a paramedic to the gorge to rescue the injured fell walker and the damaged abseiling paramedic?"

 

[Saul Goodman]

It would be cheaper to train the paramedics to abseil from the helicopter than to invest in jet packs.

They don't even have to do that. A winch and a harness works quite well. Paramedics don't have to be James Bond.

 

[LDC]

The pilot needs training for winching, and the aircraft has to be suitable and also fitted up for it. Suspect that would also be not needed very much, especially as we're talking air ambulance here rather than SAR helicopters which can winch.

 

[two sheds]

cheaper to give them a bike

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

cheaper to give them a bike

Stick the paramedic in a zorb ball and push them down the hill

 

[Saul Goodman]

WFH paramedics could use Zoom.

 

[Spymaster]

It was featured on BBC News this morning, they said only 2 days to train.

I doubt it could ever be a case of 2 days training, strap it on and off you go. I’d expect elfen safety to be all over it and perhaps even the CAA wanting to get involved somewhere along the way with a licencing program ... etc etc

 

[LDC]

WFH paramedics could use Zoom.

It's better than Skype.

I'll get my coat....