Name: Paramedics test jetpack for daring mountain rescues
Brand: futurism.com
SKU: futurism-com-56
Availability: OnlineOnly

critic

Paramedics test jetpack for daring mountain rescues

preview

Big News / Small Bytes9. 29. 20 Come With Me If You Want to Live9. 29. 20GNAASThe Great North Air Ambulance Service, a UK registered charity dedicated to providing helicopter emergency services, is testing a jetpack made by Gravity Industries to one day allow paramedics to fly up a mountain to provide first aid, the .A jetpack could allow paramedics to soar up the mountain in 90 seconds rather than hiking for 30 minutes, according to GNAAS director of operations Andy Mawson."In a jet pack, what might have taken up to an hour to reach the patient may only take a few minutes, and that could mean the difference between life and death," he told the BBC.Gravity Industries, led by founder and daredevil Richard Browning, has made headlines over the last couple of years for inside an "Iron Man-style" suit and even .Browning completed a demonstration exercise in the UK's Lake District as part of the collaboration."If the idea takes off, the flying paramedic will be armed with a medical kit, with strong pain relief for walkers who may have suffered fractures, and a defibrillator for those who may have suffered a heart attack," Mawson told the BBC.READ MORE: [BBC]More on the jetpack: Copyright ©, Camden Media Inc All Rights Reserved. See our , . The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with prior written permission of Futurism. Fonts by Typekit and Monotype.

Big News / Small Bytes9. 29. 20 Come With Me If You Want to Live9. 29. 20GNAASThe Great North Air Ambulance Service, a UK registered charity dedicated to providing helicopter emergency services, is testing a jetpack made by Gravity Industries to one day allow paramedics to fly up a mountain to provide first aid, the .A jetpack could allow paramedics to soar up the mountain in 90 seconds rather than hiking for 30 minutes, according to GNAAS director of operations Andy Mawson."In a jet pack, what might have taken up to an hour to reach the patient may only take a few minutes, and that could...

public

Freelance Photographer, Photo Editor and Writer at @Futurism, All views expressed are my own.

Victor Tangermann

Cutting-edge journalism and analysis on the latest emergent science, technology and medicine news changing the world. These are the stories of tomorrow, today.

futurism.com

Credible

Speculation

Anecdotal Evidence

Generalization

Stacking the Deck

Appeal to Authority

Straw Man

Slippery Slope

Emotional Appeal

Red Herring

False Dilemma

Illogical

Moral Equivalency

Ad Hominem

Correlation w/o Causation

Semantics

Begging the Question

Faulty Analogy

Non Sequitur

Bandwagon

Dogmatism

Failing Occam's Razor

Biased

Pure Opinion

Hit Piece

Racial Bias

National Bias

Religious Bias

Financial Incentive

Political Agenda

Gender Bias

Misused Image/Video

Study Misinterpreted

Mistake

Misused Term

Science Misrepresented

Factual Error

Satire

Surface Level

Lack of Reliable Sources

Sensational

Not Credible

Investigative

Balanced

Well Sourced

Great Context

sports

entertainment

U.S.

international

business

technology

science

culture

politics

media

health

Paramedics test jetpack for daring mountain rescues

No article scores yet.

CRITIC REVIEWS

PUBLIC REVIEWS