Emergency Helicopter Medics S06E02

[@connieembury1]

The sight of the air ambulance coming in to help your loved one is amazing. They are so needed especially in rural areas. From Manitoba, Canada

[@CGDubz87]

Wow I need someone like chris to follow me around and reassure me that everything's going to be okay lmao he's fantastic at reassurance

[@bush357]

Best bedside manner I’ve seen. Bravo

[@laurastuart3814]

The pilots are brilliant, not just at flying but at helping with the patients. Well done ✔🥇

[@maddiethomas5892]

My papa (Adopted father) is a pediatrician but he's also an air doc with Horizon med. He never talks about what he does while at the air docs (that'swhat we call that part of his job). I watch these so i can see a little of what some of his days are like. Maybe i will study medicine... idk. It's really hard. One day i caught him crying late at night. He apologized and said "Some days are really really hard, little one". I have a lot of respect for all medical workers.

[@MemphisOne44]

Maddie follow your heart. It is never wrong.

[@nancybannerman1224]

Some very nasty wounds on this video. Glad that everyone is on the road to recovery. Too bad for some, it is taking a little longer to heal, and that life has had to change due to the accident. I'm very impressed with the emergency care given to people in need. The patient are given the best opportunity for a better chance at a full recovery due to the help given to them at the scene. Well done, all of you. 🇨🇦

[@donnamitchell7707]

They have excellent care in the UK. What part of Canada are you in Nancy? I'm in Ontario, and a friend of mine that has excellent medical, and police series lives in Alberta. His channel is Full Throttle TV2. I hope you have a fantastic day 🙂⚘️.

[@nancybannerman1224]

@@donnamitchell7707 I live in rural Alberta. I had a very bad experience with an ambulance crew and I don't ever plan on calling 911 for medical help again. 🇨🇦

[@donnamitchell7707]

@nancybannerman1224 I find our 911 system need to learn to be like the people in Britain. I'm sorry to hear that you had a bad experience. If you need to talk, I'm here for you Nancy. 🙂⚘️.

[@guitarist8983]

As a paramedic in the US, it is always interesting to see how EMS is run in different places. In the US, Paramedics are able to administer Ketamine but we don't have the green whistle any where in the country.

[@coover65]

Greetings from an Australian paramedic. The green whistle is a penthrox inhaler. You pour 3ml of methoxyfluraine into it and it's inhaled by the patient. Pretty strong smelling drug not dissimilar to ether. We use it here along with morphine, fentanyl, ketamine etc. Nasal fentanyl is great for kids.

[@bettysmith4527]

Also a paramedic in US, I WISH we had the green whistle!! We also do A LOT of stuff that only the doctors seem to do in the UK, and we don't fly nearly the amount of patients.

[@coover65]

@@bettysmith4527 That's interesting to read. One thing I've noticed with the US EMS is inconsistencies. You have world class paramedics in some cities, and only BLS volunteer crews with minimal clinical scope in other towns or localities. Here in Australia we have one ambulance service per state. The paramedics in a city have the same training and equipment as a paramedic in a town of 2,000 people located 500 miles away. As we have our own fleet of ambulance aircraft and helicopters and states twice the size of Texas with only 5 to 8 million people, there's a great need to fly some patients to bigger hospitals in the cities.

[@bettysmith4527]

@@coover65 So very different, Currently EMS is in a state of crisis in the US, it is a total disaster. It is not counted as an essential service in a majority of states making it very poorly funded, which has lead to serious issues with coverage. Here, EMS is thought of as a stepping stone and not as a career, unfortunately! I have been forced into nursing because of the lack of municipal single role paramedic jobs in my area, most EMS is run by fire departments, which leads to people being forced to do either FF or EMS when they have no interest in one of them. Literally in EVERY other civilized country EMS and fire are totally separate entities!! 🤦‍♀

[@coover65]

@@bettysmith4527 That's disheartening to read. We're fortunate with our structure being owned by the state government, as is police and fire department. We don't have city/shire (county) funded or run emergency services. Our ambulance service budget last year was about $1.1b (US$700million). In my area we'll typically have 74 crews (all paramedics as we don't have EMT level) on shift. I think all up we have about 4,800 paramedics and 301 ambulance stations statewide. Those wanting to be a paramedic have to hold a Bachelor of Paramedicine, a 3-year university course. Many graduate with a double degree in Paramedicine and Nursing. They can then work either as a Registered Paramedic or a Registered Nurse. No Australian ambulance service has ever been an off-shoot of a FD. I know Japan and Germany have FD/EMS structure. I've been a paramedic for 27 years and managed to do station visits and ride-alongs in Germany, US, Vanuatu, New Zealand and Japan over the years. I'm always keen to learn how EMS is managed in other countries. We get 8 weeks annual leave a year, and travelling overseas is popular with Australian paramedics.

[@jessicaduncan9309]

I trained horses for 35 years. i am now retired disabled horseback riding has the highest rate of TBI, TSI and death in professional sports. the hardest thing about riding is the ground

[@elizabethroberts6215]

……have been riding since 8yo, many decades’ ago. Yes, I’ve been thrown, stomped on, reared up, pulled through a jump, kicked, dislodged under unseen tree branch, but nothing serious, no broken bones’. Always wore my helmet, jodhpurs’, & riding boots. Some folk do have horrific horse riding accidents’, though.

[@51WCDodge]

@@elizabethroberts6215 There but for chance, goes any rider. The old adage 'How do you avoid coming off a horse? Don't get on one!'. though why people want to ride motorbikes I have no idea.

[@kadinpearse5826]

I respect respect your business and service 1:10

[@SJR_Media_Group]

Getting critical care to patients in the 'Golden Hour' in rural areas is made possible with Air Ambulances. Easy to think the UK is densely populated, but only in majors cities like London. Much of UK is rural and getting to accident victims by regular ambulances takes too long.

[@SnowPink90]

I love the belt that Ella is wearing. I have to say it because I saw it and I just thought I have to say how beautiful it is!! I feel bad that her career as a horse rider professionally is over, but I’m glad to hear that she does still ride her horse for pleasure. Sometimes I just think they should take motorcycles off the road. They could be so dangerous and life altering if you’re in an accident. I also know that it’s a thrill of a ride being on a motorcycle so I understand it. The lady with the voting accident jump off as I call it was probably wearing the wrong shoes for what she was going to do. Because if it had been raining, the dock would be wet and if you don’t have good rubber souls, you’re going to slip and break your ankle so that’s Maybe what people should be thinking about before going on a boating trip. But it’s great that she’s healing. Maybe it’s taking its time but she’s healing good and she still has her foot so that’s always a positive. I’m shocked that the man whose car was in the bushes was OK it didn’t even look like he had a cut or a bruise on him. The woman with their big lump on her head I wasn’t surprised to hear that she had a brain bleed. I’m glad that she has recovered 100% and is doing well . Another great video air ambulance!! Excellent work as always!!🥰🥰🩷🩷🌟🌟🌟🌟🚁🚁

[@donnamitchell7707]

Excellent episode. I'm happy that they are all on the road to recovery. Have a great day my friend ❤️🙂⚘️🚁.

[@MrBikercat]

it always amazes me how other countries utilize their emergency resources in a practical sense. in the US it's always about politics. whichever agency has the most clout, gets all the toys and responsibilities.

[@MemphisOne44]

Yes, just follow the money. That is why we have so little for the poor.

[@csongorvarga1538]

Chris the best!

[@perthfalcon]

Jesus the whistle, fent and ket? She'd be absolutely flying. Love how gentle and kind they are.

[@ManuelLopez-sb3eo]

Gran trabajo!. Quería recordaros algo que seguro ya sabéis: las alucinaciones y delirio asociados a la administración de ketamina ( un fármaco muy útil en emergencias), se pueden prevenir con la administración de pequeñas dosis de midazolam. Un saludo.

[@MycreepyProjects]

I've always hated ketamine when i used it as a drug. But when something went wrong with my stomach after surgery i had to be picked up by ambulance and they also gave me ketamine cause i was in the worse pain i ever felt. I told the ambulance that i didn't like ketamine but they told me it is different than on the streets and i had to think of nice things. Untill i was standing by the Doors of the ambulance watching myself laying on the stretcher and watching how the docter was working on me. I was 100% convinced that i had died and that i as a ghost was watching me laying dead on the stretcher. Absolutly terrifying. Ketamine is for horses and it should be kept that way🤣

[@britishbobcat2098]

No. Don't do drugs! Keep it THAT way.

[@margaretmeaker2830]

Josh was driving a BMW- tough and safe cars - hence minimal damage to driver.. another type of car he might not have been so lucky- basically just walking away from the wreckage.

[@randall39]

These medics are amazing ❤

[@kris_shutler]

I will never take away how I feel towards Air Ambulance. Couple of weeks back there was a RTC involving a motorcycle. The Air Ambulance left the scene minus their patent. Poor man in his 20's died at scene. So sad

[@coover65]

Once a patient is pronounced deceased by attending paramedics there's no need to transport. They're left in the care of the police under the rules of the Coroner's Act for unexpected deaths. That's how we manage such situations in Australia and I expect the UK would be similar.

[@kris_shutler]

@coover65 but is ambo alerted why they flew out. Yes. Critical patient

[@coover65]

@@kris_shutler We have our own fleet of ambulance helicopters that get sent to assist with a critical patient. That patient may die on scene and sometimes the chopper will be cancelled before they even land. Just one of the more unfortunate aspects of ambulance work.

[@kris_shutler]

@@coover65 cheers for that comment. Our one landed for bout 5 mins. Then left. Sorry for getting stressed 😔😢😃

[@Aussie.-ny1wr]

Awesome work!! 🐨🦘

[@lelaniejoubert1089]

Amazing❤work. Well done.

[@coltsjason]

Here in the states that ride cost the patient 150 grand

[@MemphisOne44]

How wonderful it would be of this wealthy country I live in would provide a real level of care for all people instead of catering to the people who get rich off the pain and suffering of others.

[@davidplowie4670]

"as i sat down my neck got tight thinking about it" really josh? we know.... £££

[@petersharpe3186]

No more than 120MPH.

[@feynthefallen]

Wait, why do they keep their equipment in a bag bearing the marks of German Customs?!

[@giuseppinavolpe2873]

Orange🍊right colour!

[@garfstiglz3981]

It really disgusts me that whilst wasting billions of our taxes on Ukraine and foreign aid, these helicopters are registered charities. Why can't we cut the other crap and fully fund this service along with emergency ambulance personnel in general? The UK Government, whatever the political party in power, really needs to get it's priorities right, it's our money, not theirs to waste.

[@laurastuart3814]

Guaranteed that one racist will comment.

[@beresfordthompson1370]

Paige is very cute.

[@sandywatts2078]

Do not understand why these “EMT’S” think putting a needle in someone’s hand is okay. Do they even know how extremely painful that is? I have had them try that crap on me several times over the years and have become so violently ill as to my heart rate jumps off the chart breathing becomes erratic, and I immediately start to vomit. Then they start freaking out through gasps I try to get them to listen to remove the crap from my hand which they think I’m crazy until I literally have to reach over and yank the needle out of my hand and instantly my vitals return to normal. They always come up with the excuse that oh it’s easier to get a blood vessel there -So what a lot of times their “ easy way out “ isn’t the right way !!!

[@JaneHall-f9j]

Just because you react badly doesn't mean everyone does. Usually the cannula is put in the hand because it has the most accessible vein.

[@britishbobcat2098]

and you likely vomit because you panic. The thing to do is look away and regulate your breathing. I have had to have canula's many times and haven't felt them at all. It is a basic, simple fact that you need to relax and take deep breaths, don't be such a drama queen. A canula is the best way to administer fast acting, life saving meds. I think you need to grow up a lot. You say "EMT's" in quotations indicating sarcasm or that they aren't qualified. Shame on you. And just because you had a rare reaction, does not mean that everyone will so you just fearmongered people. Again, shame on you. Also, your grammar is terrible.

[@abi8353]

They are not EMT's, they are doctors and specialist paramedics who have years of experience and a very high level of training.