HEMS

[telecat]

Anybody remember the name of the original Helicopter Emergency Program. I remember it was on ITV probably back in the early Nineties and they used a Dauphin as the "Air Ambulance".

[Eric Mc]

G-HEMS

I had it land about 50 yards in front of me in Wimbledon town centre. Amazing bit of piloting.

[telecat]

ope it was a fictional and I'm Pretty sure it was based down on the south coast not in London.

>> Edited by telecat on Sunday 2nd October 21:42

[Eric Mc]

G-HEMS was definitely real. As explained above, I saw it in operation in 1999 attending to a (probably) fatal road accident in Wimbledon town centre. The helicopters are run by the London Air Ambulance Service and are operated under the title "Helicopter Emergency Medical Service" (hence HEMS)

G-HEMS was indeed an Aerospatiale AS365 Dauphine and was disposed of in 2001 to Barbados.
Their current helicopter is a McDonnell Douglas MD902 Explorer and is registered G-EHMS. It is based on the roofpad of Royal London Hospital.

[telecat]

I'm refering to a TV series made around the same time. I believe they did use footage of G-HEMS as the Helicopter type was the same. It is of the same ilk as "the Golden Hour".

[telecat]

Found it!!! It was called "Call Red". Trying to find info on it.

[Pot Bellied Fool]

A cracking program, remember it well - but then anything involving flight, even those crazy flingwing guys goes down well with me.

HEMS was/is certainly an operational service as has been said but interesting to note, I believe that the German equivalent is actually funded by the Insurance Industry since overall, it lowers their payout...


Food for thought eh?

[Ferg]

240Robert?