Quote Originally Posted by Nitrodaze View Post
I know that already. the question is why don't they have a non-helicopter alternative as contingency for when the chopper is grounded for whatever reason.
There is such an alternative: an ambulance. The problem is that the nearest hospital is too far away for an ambulance to get there in 20 minutes, so that was out of the question from the get-go. And if you can't get there soon enough by helicopter or by car/ambulance, what else do you have?