Paramedics wearing JET SUITS hope to start flying out to stricken fell walkers and ramblers in the Lake District later this summer, it's been revealed. Training has already enabled a paramedic to successfully complete the first free flight without issue, an air ambulance service has reported, and further instruction and testing is now taking place.
The Great North Air Ambulance Service has welcomed what it called the first stage towards 'a jet suit-enabled paramedic service' in Cumbria.
They said the pioneering project - believed to be a world first - initially began in 2020, but was paused due to the coronavirus pandemic. The air ambulance service aims to train experienced paramedics to use the suit for faster access to patients in the event of a medical emergency in the Lake District.
