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Originally posted by DeV View PostHow is the HSE assuming something the ACs fault?
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Air Corps Complete Third Air Ambulance This Week
The Air Corps completed their third air ambulance this week with the successful transfer of two patients today.
The first air ambulance mission today was an international transfer of a patient from Denmark to Dublin. The Air Corps Learjet was tasked with the mission and brought a specialist HSE medical team to Kastrup airport, Copenhagen, to meet with the patient. It arrived back at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, where it met with an ambulance, successfully completing the mission.
Today’s second air ambulance was a national transfer of a patient from Donegal to Dublin in an Air Corps helicopter. The Agusta Westland 139 collected the patient at the helicopter pad in Letterkenny General Hospital and brought them to Cathal Brugha Army Barracks in Dublin, where an ambulance was waiting to bring the patient to a nearby hospital.
The third air ambulance was the successful transfer of a patient to RAF Northolt, London, in the Air Corps Gulfstream, which was completed over the Bank Holiday weekend and brings the total air ambulances completed by the Air Corps in 2012 to 64.
From Air Corps Facebook page.
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Before this operation even commenced, not a couple of months into it, the AC should have surveyed all the hospitals in their AO and declared to the HSE what hospitals they can or cannot operate to. They are after all the experts in what their aircraft require, not the HSE.
However, it's obvious that firstly, the Air Corps never undertook such surveys and secondly never made such declarations to the HSE. Add to that the crew assumed responsibility for the patients care and then flew to a hospital that they couldn't land at because even they didn't know where they could and couldn't land!!
I suppose these are some of the 'details' PH talks about being sorted out as an operation progresses!
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How is the HSE assuming something the ACs fault?
Now within commercial aviation that remit lies with the Ops department as it an organisation based operation as opposed to sole user.
Now in the case of Kilkenny the request to operate would have come through my office....it didn't and fortunately as a former AFISO ( Airfield information flight officer ) ..I know what the criteria around operation is...having filed enough flight plans to wall paper the empire state building!!!!
refer back to post 574...what the AC should have done
AC dropped the ball big time!
They assumed there was a facility available even though the Coast Guard had made enquiries and were informed that they were not!
Doh!Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe
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Any update on the state of the 135 and whether it will return to service or is now effectively a write off?"He is an enemy officer taken in battle and entitled to fair treatment."
"No, sir. He's a sergeant, and they don't deserve no respect at all, sir. I should know. They're cunning and artful, if they're any good. I wouldn't mind if he was an officer, sir. But sergeants are clever."
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Originally posted by Meatbomb View PostWhen are the AC planning on operating their Aero Medical Service during the hours of darkness? Also what are its hours of operation? As far as I know it goes off call around 19:00 if so there is still some daylight left. Why ain't the AMS operated right up to end of VFR? There must be enough crews so that can't be the reason.Originally posted by morpheus View PostAny update on the state of the 135 and whether it will return to service or is now effectively a write off?
I see the AAIU haven't published an interm report yet, wonder when that's out...
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Originally posted by Meatbomb View PostI heard a figure of 4 million but I honestly can't verify that.
I see the AAIU haven't published an interm report yet, wonder when that's out...
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
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Originally posted by Meatbomb View PostWhen are the AC planning on operating their Aero Medical Service during the hours of darkness? Also what are its hours of operation? As far as I know it goes off call around 19:00 if so there is still some daylight left. Why ain't the AMS operated right up to end of VFR? There must be enough crews so that can't be the reason.Originally posted by Goldie fish View PostDoesn't the interim report only come out 12 months after the incident when the final report is not yet complete?
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Irish 258’ getting ready for an Air Ambulance earlier today in Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel.
The Air Corps learjet transported a patient from Casement Aerodrome to Newcastle this afternoon, where the patient was transferred into the care of the UK NHS.
From Air Corps Facebook page yesterday.
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Irish Air Corps Complete 70th Air Ambulance Overnight
The Irish Air Corps successfully completed their 70th air ambulance yesterday when they completed two air ambulances in 24 hours.
The first air ambulance involved the Agusta Westland 139 helicopter which departed Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, with a HSE team at 11.40am and routed to the Castlebar Hospital where they met with the patient.
The helicopter then departed Castlebar General Hospital at 3.30pm and flew Cathal Brugha Barracks, Dublin, where the patient was transferred to a nearby hospital and the helicopter returned for Baldonnel, arriving at 4.20pm.
The second air ambulance involved the Air Corps Gulfstream jet which departed with a specialist team at 8.30pm and concluded when they arrived in Casement Aerodrome at 3.00am this morning.
From Air Corps Facebook page.
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