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Choppers don't need to land. Most of the time a rescue chopper would rather not. Winching you up to them is easier/safer than trying to land at an unprepared
by sandworm101 3y ago
Choppers don't need to land. Most of the time a rescue chopper would rather not. Winching you up to them is easier/safer than trying to land at an unprepared location. Even without a winch, they would "long line" you to the nearest road where there is room to land.
https://youtu.be/WrllMSTm23c https://youtu.be/WrllMSTm23c
https://youtu.be/nJZIDwMGHWc https://youtu.be/nJZIDwMGHWc
- hansvm 3y agoInteresting. I probably could have been a lot safer than anticipated.
- cf1241290841 3y agoMountain rescue also has the impossibility to land. Here some HD footage from national geographic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk9QKRM_8Jo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk9QKRM_8Jo Notice the cut audio track. Giving these people the legal ability to give pain meds cant happen early enough. Mont Blanc helicopter rescue services also make some great documentaries every few years. The situation is even worse for a lot of snake bite victims, as you cant get lifted out of the rain forest.
- dx034 3y agoThey can't give pain meds in the US? I believe in most of Europe, there's always a doctor on board of rescue helicopters, so they routinely administer drugs on board or on site of the accident.
- cf1241290841 3y agoYou need that doctor and put him on the ground. That is often not the case in Europe or the US if the terrain is considered unsafe. The scene for the national geographic clip starts at 7:30. The situation is even more drastic for cave rescues, there its not unusual to take days for a doctor to arrive.
- willcipriano 3y agoAt least these laws have saved us from having streets full of opioid addicts.