‘Awesome’ jetpack paramedic suit could save lives after successful test
A jet suit which could fly a paramedic to an isolated casualty in minutes has been described as "awesome" by an air ambulance service.The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) said the suit could save lives, after it was demonstrated on a test flight in the Lake District.The system comes after a year of discussions between the ambulance service and the firm which has developed the technology, Gravity Industries.Andy Mawson, director of operations and paramedic at GNAAS, said the Lake District could be a possible location for a "jet suit paramedic".A study of the charity's call-out data showed dozens of patients every month calling the service out, in the complex but relatively small geographical footprint of the Lakes."We could see the