Dave S wrote:


My speculation is that unless Mr. Wing had paradropped into a MASH unit,
he was doomed by his injury, having significantly bled out in the last
minute of his descent. Even if a trained paramedic crew was right there
and on the scene immediately, they would have had a hell of a fight (to
save him) on their hands.

A paramedic crew can't do squat except try to stop things from getting any
worse while rushing him to a surgical (preferably trauma staffed)
facility. Unlike cardiac and other medical cases where the paramedics
have stuff they can do to actually treat in the field, it's still pretty
much swoop and scoop for large-scale trauma.