Flight for Life CO is the program that I literally grew up with as a kid and gave me the inspiration to be a Flight Nurse. 9 years in now, and still love it!! As for the sapphire’s: great pumps…not fussy like the mini-med. But…as others have said…wish it was more than a single channel. Love your videos! Keep it up!
Not sure if it’s changed, but when I flew with them the side compartments would hold survival gear on the port side, starboard side was mostly taken up by the LOx system. Aft baggage held all of the specialty jump bags for peds, HROB, usually extra IV pumps, ventilator sets ect. We always carried any blood in the cabin for safe keeping. Definitely feels like you’re working out of a Porsche, but there wasn’t much we couldn’t do in-flight.
The string on the front is called „Woolometer“ and since it is free hanging, it shows you clearly once the downwash goes down straight - as a pre-condition for VRS - and VRS (Vortex Ring State) is possibly knocking on the door, so as long as the string is not pushed down 90° and flying into any direction, VRS is not critical yet
The Sapphire pumps are fantastic. It's unfortunate that they're only single channel, but the interface is very intuitive and they're just a fast, simple tool to use.
@@TheDrMedic to be fair, I was using the antique minimeds before these, so anything would have been a huge improvement😂 But I've had no errors and very few alarms.
I'm surprised you didn't mention their history, how they were the Second hospital based helicopter EMS service in the world and First in the United States. They've been extremely loyal to Aerospatiale/Eurocopter/Airbus products since they first took to the air in 1972 with a pair of Alouette 3's. Their helicopter operations were taken over by Air Methods in late 1993/ 1994 after it was found out their original owner (Rocky Mountain Helicopters) didn't have insurance on their aircraft after a historic hailstorm in 1993 rolled through Denver and caught their fleet on the tarmac and shattered all the windows. That storm along with Air Methods buying them, is why the A-Stars were introduced and the Alouettes were quickly retired. You can see a replica of their Alouette at the Wings Over The Rockies air museum in Denver. They also had another fatal incident that occurred on July 9th 1994 where the pilot and flight nurse were killed while picking up an injured hiker, the aircraft was on a slant and the rotor blades struck rocks, and tumbled eight hundred feet down the mountain before coming to rest at 11,400 feet above sea level.
The Arriel 2D equipped Astar is called AS 350 B3e (or H 125) and has 952 HP takeoff power and 860 max continuous power. And on the Arriel 2D you can use takeoff power for 30 minutes, compared to most other turbines where it is limited to 5. To me it`s he best aircraft ever built ;-)
I live in one of the cities where one of these very cool and interesting helicopters 🚁 is permanently stationed. EVERYONE around here just calls it “The Orange Helicopter/Chopper” and it flies directly over my residence frequently, usually at least once a day, often times more frequently because apparently my home is directly along its flight path when it’s heading somewhere south or west. I think I’ve become fairly tuned into the particular sound this ship makes and know it’s the “Orange Helicopter” by sound alone. Usually I’m right. There is a medical, Bell Jet Ranger also stationed in the region which is seen pretty frequently, but it’s engine(s) and rotors make a very different sound. One bit of interesting trivia about the particular helicopter I know. Although it’s stationed and lands/takes off from one of two hospitals in my city, it RARELY lands with a patient at that hospital. Why? Because that hospital got itself deep into a financial abyss and most of the facility is closed- floor after floor long ago shuttered. Instead, when landing with a patient in my city it almost always lands at the other hospital, a fully operational, Level II Trauma Center. That hospital recently constructed a new helipad, finally attaching the landing pad to the hospital proper. Previously the hospital’s helicopter landing pad was 1/2 block from the hospital and not physically connected in any way. Requiring the world’s shortest, regularly necessary ground ambulance ride, no matter how critical the patient was. They still had to get that last 450 yards to the ER. The new landing pad straddles an active street, and it’s a unique experience to have a helicopter land “on top” of you, which has occurred to me twice. Once with one of these ships. The new pads are surrounded by tall trees and buildings all around. It looks awfully tight to me, but I’ve never seen the pilot’s-eye view and these experts nail their landings and take-offs every time, sometimes in pretty stiff winds. TY for posting such an interesting video.
Flight for Life CO is the program that I literally grew up with as a kid and gave me the inspiration to be a Flight Nurse. 9 years in now, and still love it!!
As for the sapphire’s: great pumps…not fussy like the mini-med. But…as others have said…wish it was more than a single channel.
Love your videos! Keep it up!
Thanks for the tour!!! Saw these a lot growing up.
Not sure if it’s changed, but when I flew with them the side compartments would hold survival gear on the port side, starboard side was mostly taken up by the LOx system. Aft baggage held all of the specialty jump bags for peds, HROB, usually extra IV pumps, ventilator sets ect. We always carried any blood in the cabin for safe keeping. Definitely feels like you’re working out of a Porsche, but there wasn’t much we couldn’t do in-flight.
Hello from Mercy Life Fight Toledo. Love these videos.
Thanks man.
Very cool. Man that thing looks like its flying when its sitting on the ground. Bad ass bird.
Good morning from Tennessee.
Yes sir on the 429! And those tail rotor blades are bigger than I would of thought.
Yep. I drool over the 429. Would really like to have one to work out of!
Im remember right before covid one crashed in Silverthorne not far from Bailey. FFL Colorado have 5 helicopters
Gwenny! From IAMed such a great educator
The string on the front is called „Woolometer“ and since it is free hanging, it shows you clearly once the downwash goes down straight - as a pre-condition for VRS - and VRS (Vortex Ring State) is possibly knocking on the door, so as long as the string is not pushed down 90° and flying into any direction, VRS is not critical yet
Good morning sir
Same to you
The Sapphire pumps are fantastic. It's unfortunate that they're only single channel, but the interface is very intuitive and they're just a fast, simple tool to use.
Yeah? Not a lot of errors and erroneous alarms? I’d like to try them out one day.
@@TheDrMedic to be fair, I was using the antique minimeds before these, so anything would have been a huge improvement😂 But I've had no errors and very few alarms.
Yes. We want to see the 429!
On it 🤙
I don't understand why crash resistant tanks haven't been mandatory for a long time now...
I'm surprised you didn't mention their history, how they were the Second hospital based helicopter EMS service in the world and First in the United States.
They've been extremely loyal to Aerospatiale/Eurocopter/Airbus products since they first took to the air in 1972 with a pair of Alouette 3's.
Their helicopter operations were taken over by Air Methods in late 1993/ 1994 after it was found out their original owner (Rocky Mountain Helicopters) didn't have insurance on their aircraft after a historic hailstorm in 1993 rolled through Denver and caught their fleet on the tarmac and shattered all the windows.
That storm along with Air Methods buying them, is why the A-Stars were introduced and the Alouettes were quickly retired.
You can see a replica of their Alouette at the Wings Over The Rockies air museum in Denver.
They also had another fatal incident that occurred on July 9th 1994 where the pilot and flight nurse were killed while picking up an injured hiker, the aircraft was on a slant and the rotor blades struck rocks, and tumbled eight hundred feet down the mountain before coming to rest at 11,400 feet above sea level.
Great info. Hoping to do a more in-depth visit with them one day 😬
The Arriel 2D equipped Astar is called AS 350 B3e (or H 125) and has 952 HP takeoff power and 860 max continuous power. And on the Arriel 2D you can use takeoff power for 30 minutes, compared to most other turbines where it is limited to 5. To me it`s he best aircraft ever built ;-)
Sapphire pumps are easy man. I use them very infrequently. And I still managed to set everything up correctly. Idiot proof. 😆
I live in one of the cities where one of these very cool and interesting helicopters 🚁 is permanently stationed. EVERYONE around here just calls it “The Orange Helicopter/Chopper” and it flies directly over my residence frequently, usually at least once a day, often times more frequently because apparently my home is directly along its flight path when it’s heading somewhere south or west. I think I’ve become fairly tuned into the particular sound this ship makes and know it’s the “Orange Helicopter” by sound alone. Usually I’m right. There is a medical, Bell Jet Ranger also stationed in the region which is seen pretty frequently, but it’s engine(s) and rotors make a very different sound.
One bit of interesting trivia about the particular helicopter I know. Although it’s stationed and lands/takes off from one of two hospitals in my city, it RARELY lands with a patient at that hospital. Why? Because that hospital got itself deep into a financial abyss and most of the facility is closed- floor after floor long ago shuttered. Instead, when landing with a patient in my city it almost always lands at the other hospital, a fully operational, Level II Trauma Center. That hospital recently constructed a new helipad, finally attaching the landing pad to the hospital proper. Previously the hospital’s helicopter landing pad was 1/2 block from the hospital and not physically connected in any way. Requiring the world’s shortest, regularly necessary ground ambulance ride, no matter how critical the patient was. They still had to get that last 450 yards to the ER. The new landing pad straddles an active street, and it’s a unique experience to have a helicopter land “on top” of you, which has occurred to me twice. Once with one of these ships. The new pads are surrounded by tall trees and buildings all around. It looks awfully tight to me, but I’ve never seen the pilot’s-eye view and these experts nail their landings and take-offs every time, sometimes in pretty stiff winds.
TY for posting such an interesting video.