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Mountain rescue also has the impossibility to land. Here some HD footage from national geographic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk9QKRM_8Jo

Notice the cut audio track. Giving these people the legal ability to give pain meds cant happen early enough. Mont Blanc helicopter rescue services also make some great documentaries every few years.

The situation is even worse for a lot of snake bite victims, as you cant get lifted out of the rain forest.

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They can't give pain meds in the US? I believe in most of Europe, there's always a doctor on board of rescue helicopters, so they routinely administer drugs on board or on site of the accident.

You need that doctor and put him on the ground. That is often not the case in Europe or the US if the terrain is considered unsafe.

The scene for the national geographic clip starts at 7:30.

The situation is even more drastic for cave rescues, there its not unusual to take days for a doctor to arrive.

At least these laws have saved us from having streets full of opioid addicts.

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