if it's not staffed by medical staff it wil rival --- a normal ambulance
with wheels. That's worth the extra investment! Sounds like a missed
opportunity.
PS. It was in Autocar this week as well (I read that before the Lancet).
Simon Carley
SpR in Emergency Medicine
Hope Hospital
Salford
England
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-----Original Message-----
From: John Ryan <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 21 April 1999 16:17
Subject: UK National Air-Ambulance System
>I was surprised to read about this first in the Lancet Vol 353 April 17
>;1292. (Tim Coats commentary). Admittedly I was away last week so maybe I
>missed the glossy launch ? While I had heard it was coming I did not
notice
>any great public fanfare. Sponsored by the AA it will now provide the UK
>with an aero-nedical system in line with Europe, Australasia and North
>America though unlike other countries it will not be staffed by medical
>staff. It will be interesting to see how it develops and what happens when
>the AA money runs out.
>
>Dr John M Ryan
>
>Consultant & Senior Lecturer in A&E medicine
>Royal Sussex County Hospital
>Eastern Rd.
>Brighton
>BN2 5BE
>UK
>
>Ph; 00 44 1273 696955
>Fax: 00 44 1273 680627
>
>http://www.pavilion.co.uk/users/ryanj/
>http://www.rsch.org.uk/rsch/rschae.htm
>
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