1.   Data recording and assessment of results were carried out by a member of the unit who did not participate in endoscopic treatment or looked after the patients.

2.   Some systems, such as TRISS, come close to these criteria but inconsistencies in the timing of data recording will lead to the results being influenced by therapy.

3.   But flight data recording is not only for post-disaster analyses.

4.   Flight data recordings from each flight were of little help.