In this issue:

RAF and Navy bow out - Military crews hand over UK SAR baton to Bristow

To hook or unhook? Stay on the cable or swim free?

Ready, aim, rescue - Priority1AirRescue's training regimen goes to war

Crew resource management

Interview: Kevin Weller, Chief technical rearcrew, Bristow Helicopters, HM Coastguard Caenarfon SAR

Aircraft Spotlight: Quest Kodiak 100

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In this issue

Should marine rescuers on the hoist stay connected to the cable or swim free?

Rescuers lowered from a helicopter to pick people from the water can stay connected to the hoist cable or swim freely. Femke van Iperen explores how and why each method…

Helicopter medical evacuations from Everest – too many, and at what cost?

The signals coming from Nepal are that all is not well in the local rescue helicopter industry. If commentators are to be believed, a slew of middlemen are colluding with…

End of life repatriation flights - ethical challenges for air ambulance providers

Typically, in civilian fixed-wing air ambulance flights, patients are being taken home so that they can be helped to live. Some missions, however, confront operators with ethical rather than medical…