Nuovo elicottero di salvataggio della guardia costiera vietata dal trasporto di vittime sulle barelle
https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/new-coast-guard-rescue-helicopter-banned-from-transporting-casualties-on-stretchers/a253625733.html
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Have we got an informed take on this because the Indo is a rag.
Can you please sit with that open, penetrating chest trauma!
The new Irish Coast Guard rescue helicopters operated by Bristow Ireland at the Shannon base cannot transport patients on stretchers due to safety regulation issues. Patients must instead sit upright in passenger seats. However, this restriction only affects the Shannon base—services from Sligo, Waterford, and Dublin continue to operate normally, providing full medical support.
The new helicopter currently only operates out of Shannon, but will be phased in at other bases over the next 10 months.
Wow, you’d have thought that: “can safely transport incapacitated patients” would have featured on a checklist somewhere when buying these things.
I think I preferred to be recused and transported by trained experts in a “non safe” chopper then not to be rescued at all.
Are they still rescue helicopters if they can’t be used to rescue anyone? I live near a beach and have seen a few helicopter rescues and they’ve always included a stretcher.
New coastguard AW189 isn’t “banned” from transporting casualties laying down, it’s just not configured to do so. The AW189 helicopter’s cabin is designed for quick reconfiguration to accommodate various mission profiles, including medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) operations, four stretchers along with a full suite of life-support equipment.
Bit of a screw up by procurement.
Why did we stop using the Air Corps for this like we did back in the day?
Dopes in civil service procurement strike again. The S-92’s operated by CHC which lost the contract beasts of machines and are >20 metres long & 5 metres wide. New AW-189 choppers the geniuses are replacing them with are 17.5 metres long x 5 metres wide! 9 feet shorter, more than a stretcher length. Go figure
Irish military and adjacent procurement at its finest.
The civil service really does have a lot to answer for. First navy ships that can’t sail in the Atlantic to face the worst threats, now rescue helicopters that can’t rescue people in the worst circumstances.
Yet again, I am reminded of how unserious of a country we are.
That’s done deal for ya. Cowboys
Wow