I work in professional air medical transport for one of the countries largest air operators with a fleet of around 400 rotor and fixed wing aircraft. Use of this seaplane service as a search platform for local emergency services seems a noble endeavor. Use as an air medical platform for true medical emergencies seems wrought with technical and logistical issues that would rapidly reduce any time savings for the ill or injured. If the intent is to deliver a highly skilled advanced medical provider to the patient on an island, there may be some merit. But to then provide transport of the patient adds a layer of complexity besides just strapping someone to a stretcher. There are immense safety and medical care challenges. The days of “MASH”evacuations wherein there was no attention to the care of the patient in flight are far behind us! Now, developing a charitable service that could offer seaplane flights from the islands to a distant medical facility for required cancer treatments or other specialized care would be an interesting twist on some of the existing networks that provide this kind of charitable service with privately owned small aircraft. Im sure there’s a small percentage of the population that is managing complex out of hospital medical care issues such as cancer treatments that wish they had an easy solution to reach their medical care appointments while enjoying island life! Fly safe!
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