Doctors, nurses or an emergency physician are typically on-board a HEMS helicopter, which offers critical care at the scene of road traffic collisions.
There are calls for a new helicopter for emergency medical services to be based in a midlands army barracks.
Kildare South TD Cathal Berry says there's an advanced paramedic on-board the Air Corps helicopter at Custume Barracks in Athlone, but the jurisdiction is without a HEMS vehicle.
Doctors, nurses or an emergency physician are typically on-board a HEMS helicopter, which offers critical care at the scene of road traffic collisions.
Independent Deputy Berry says it would take some of the pressure away from ambulances:
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