Parkview Samaritan helicopter N711SM landing at Miami Valley Hospital

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Hey nonny!

Yes, helicopters are SUPER loud! HEMS (Helicopter EMS) birds tend to be on the beefy side, too. And unfortunately, soundproofing is VERY heavy, and the biggest restriction in HEMS is weight, so they tend to not be as well insulated as you would hope.

The ear protectors worn by pilots and crew aren't technically noise cancelling*, they're just sound-deadening. But it would be a real cruelty to let patients experience that level of noise!

Patients are given ear protectors, but they're also given eye protectors in the form of very dark glasses! Why? Because sunlight filtering through rotor blades can be a seizure trigger, even in patients with no known seizure history.

So your character would be placed on a stretcher, strapped in snugly, have ear and eye protectors put on, and be loaded into the bird.

The one thing they can't compensate for, though, is vibration. Helicopters shake. Helicopters shake enough that vibration is considered a major risk factor for exhaustion.

Thanks for your ask! I'm a board certified flight medic (though I've never actually flown), so HEMS is an area I can be very helpful with.

Good luck!