Choppers are not just needed in remote areas.
There is a "sophisticated road access" around Toronto as well, yet we have civilian choppers on standby at Toronto and military choppers on standby at Trenton.
And there are chopper pads on top of downtown St. Michael's Hospital and Sick Children's Hospital as well as at suburban and exurban hospitals.
And we never know what the weather is going to be like here as well.
It's not just getting to the scene. Some trauma requires a fast trauma flight to be called even if there is an ambulance and paramedics at the scene
Moose Jaw is a city and a military base. A rescue chopper could serve both.
BTW: The pilot who was injured got help by calling 911 on his cell phone and a civilian ambulance responded.
In this case, the response time was not a factor in the death of the one pilot or the survival of the other. That says nothing about whether there ought to have beem a chopper on standby.
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Graham is a retard, a typical Liberal lackey. Can't afford rescue helicopters or decent subs for our armed forces but can waste billions of our money on useless programs. When are we Canadians going to wake up and get rid of these guys?
The next time Canadian soldiers are sent into some godforsaken, malaria-infested Third World hellhole for peacekeeping, the liberal govt bastards may issue them nightsticks instead of assault rifles, grenades, and machine guns.
As a cost-cutting measure, you see.
Looked on a map and didn't see Bagotville ... curious, where is it located in the province of Quebec?