---
title: "Paramedics Test Jetpack For Daring Mountain Rescues"
description: "The Great North Air Ambulance Service, a UK registered charity dedicated to providing helicopter emergency services, is in talks with Gravity Industries to one day allow paramedics to jetpack up a mountain to provide first aid, the BBC reports. A jetpack could allow paramedics to “fly” vertically to a target in 90 seconds, rather than […]"
date: "2020-09-29"
modified: "2020-09-29"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/paramedics-test-jetpack-daring-rescues"
categories:
  - "Robots and Machines"
tags:
  - "gravity industries"
  - "iron man suit"
  - "jetpack"
  - "the digest"
---

# Paramedics Test Jetpack For Daring Mountain Rescues

![A UK helicopter emergency services charity is in talks with Gravity Industries to allow paramedics to jetpack up a mountain to provide first aid.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/paramedics-test-jetpack-daring-rescues.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: GNAAS\</em\>*

## Jetpack Paramedic

The Great North Air Ambulance Service, a UK registered charity dedicated to providing helicopter emergency services, is testing a jetpack made by Gravity Industries to one day allow paramedics to fly up a mountain to provide first aid, the [*BBC* reports](<https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-54331994>).

A jetpack could allow paramedics to soar up the mountain in 90 seconds rather than hiking for 30 minutes, according to GNAAS director of operations Andy Mawson.

"In a jet pack, what might have taken up to an hour to reach the patient may only take a few minutes, and that could mean the difference between life and death," he told the *BBC*.

## I Am Iron Man

Gravity Industries, led by founder and daredevil Richard Browning, has made headlines over the last couple of years for [completing several flights](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/watch-fly-iron-man-style-jet-suit>) inside an "Iron Man-style" suit and even [setting speed records](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/daredevil-speed-record-iron-man-jet-suit>).

Browning completed a demonstration exercise in the UK's Lake District as part of the collaboration.

"If the idea takes off, the flying paramedic will be armed with a medical kit, with strong pain relief for walkers who may have suffered fractures, and a defibrillator for those who may have suffered a heart attack," Mawson told the *BBC*.

**READ MORE:** [Jet suit paramedic tested in the Lake District 'could save lives'](<https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-54331994>) \[*BBC*\]

**More on the jetpack:** *[Watch “MythBusters” Host Adam Savage Fly a Titanium Iron Man Suit](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/adam-savage-iron-man-suit>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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