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  • EAS expansion

    Can't find the relevant thread

    PfG:
    ".... committed to the expansion of the Emergency Aeromedical Service (air ambulance) and it's possible extension to nighttime. A feasibility study will be carried out to explore how this might be achieved, who might provide it and the potential cost. This shall include consideration of a second base."

  • #2
    two levels of political jockeying will happen; every TD will knife his mother to get a helicopter based in his or her town and Donners will knife their mother to get the operation going in the first place, as it keeps jobs inhouse, generates more need for aircraft resources (hence more justification) and keeps nasty contract pilots and mechs out. Win win all round. Let the games begin.

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    • #3
      Except:

      - there probably isn't enough pilots to do it safely especially 24/7
      - the EAS / HEMS operation (as we have seen) is risky
      - no Western country AFAIK allows flights to the scene at night (it isn't just risky, it is dangerous)
      - we already have MEDEVAC 112 and 5 IRCG helos on the job
      - HSE / NATS are actually laughing AFAIK they aren't billed by either AC or IRCG

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      • #4
        Night EAS/HEMS would only be allowed to (and from) surveyed and lit sites.

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        • #5
          Also this won't change the length of time it takes the initial ground paramedic/AP to get to the patient before EAS is activated (I think a doctor can also request EAS but not 100%)

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          • #6
            NI have awarded a contract to Babcock to provide a HEMS service with 2 X EC135 for 3 years (with an additional 2 years as an option) with a doctor and paramedic

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            • #7
              Is that 24/7 etc?

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              • #8
                Buy decent choppers and reassign the AW139s?

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                • #9
                  Buy decent helicopters and sell the AW139's
                  Last edited by EUFighter; 11 April 2017, 08:31.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by danno View Post
                    Is that 24/7 etc?
                    I heard yes

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by danno View Post
                      Is that 24/7 etc?
                      As I understand it not initially. But yes further down the line. One to be based at Enniskillen, one based at Aldegrove.

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                      • #12
                        Found the tender


                        12 hours a day VFR
                        2nd helicopter is only stood up if primary is u/s

                        Home base is in the Greater Belfast area (flexibility required in first 12 months)

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                        • #13
                          Minister Harris is reputed to have told a gathering in Roscommon today that night ops are being considered for the EAS.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by danno View Post
                            Minister Harris is reputed to have told a gathering in Roscommon today that night ops are being considered for the EAS.
                            See post 1 it was in the PfG

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                            • #15
                              Great news for NI and the island as a whole and I'm sure the NIAS will work closely with the NAS/ EAS. Interesting that the service is charity based - interesting to see how that will work out?

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