[The Sikorskj HH-3F in rescue activities and in air medical transport].

Technical and medical problems arising out of air rescue and transport operations are examined through an overview of the activities of the 15th S.A.R. Wing, Italian Air Force. The particular engineering, radio, and S.A.R. features of the Sikorskj HH-3F, currently used for this purpose, make it a sound and effective choice. A specially trained medical, health and nursing unit able to operate on the aircraft under all-weather conditions, coupled with a wide range of medical material, provide the best comment on the series of pathologies illustrated in the tables. Behind this matter, however, there increasingly lies the equally important question of the desirability or otherwise of imposing a strict control to make sure that the use of helicopters on S.A.R. tasks is not indiscriminate, but governed by clearly defined conditions.