I'm going to call the crewmembers 

mcdonalds calls all their workers crew members too but I don't see no aircraft around there.

does about as much for me on a flight as a some dumb nurse or paramedic

any duties aboard the aircraft and have not been issued airman certificates. in other words, passengers. 

they can kill the patient much more efficiently

serve no function other than patient care. basically untrained flight attendants 

Self loading baggage

And I am. Company because FAR part 1 says I am a person so I must be a company too. 

an assigned duty. anybody can do it. they have no assigned duties because you can't assign duties to a passenger.

you are a certificated air ambulance....

You land at an LZ on the interstate.  The pilot remains at the controls and his medical crewmembers get out to tend to and retrieve the patient.

The pilot is in frong, can't see anything in the back due to the NVG STC requireing blackout curtains.

There he sits....   

Meanwhile, the medical crewmembers get the patient, bring him (it?) back to the running helicopter.

They load that patient unseen by the pilot.  They insure the patient is properly strapped in with restrained.  Hearing protection in place, and assume responsibility for that patient's safety if there is an emergency.

They ensure all the baggage is properly stowed and secured.

They conduct a walk around, to ensure the aircraft is reeady for flight, doors and compartments latched, no seatbelts dangling from the rear hatch.

They report to the pilot who can't see them:   We are all secured, ready for take off.

Pilot responds, trusting them (because they are properly trained), "Roger, liifting" as he completes he takeoff checklist.

To me, that's a crewmember, who has a job and responsibility.

To you, that's just a passenger.   Meanwhile, you havent't got out from behind the controls in the cockpit to do all that they have done for you!

FAR 1.1, crewmember, a person who has been assigned a duty aboard an aircraft in flight

anything. it's kind of like the guy that sucks out the head or restocks the pretzels and soda except they go with you instead of staying behind to suck out more poop or replace more snacks. we let the rig apes load cargo, get in/out etc. on their own too but they ain't no crew member either. if you want to make them feel special, call them crew members, but they are passengers.

the HLO makes sure all passengers are briefed, all cargo is secure, all doors, etc are secure. loads and unloads the passengers and cargo, makes sure passengers are belted in and does a visual on the aircraft. they are NOT a crew member.

assigned to do that. no faa training, no crewmember.

but you do bring up a good point:everything they do is ON THE GROUND. they have no responsibilities or duties as far as conducting the flight. that's why they are passengers.

the patient? would the faa care? nope because you didn't leave without crew, only passengers. they do not need to be on board.

they need to be onboard for the patient but are not required by any regulation or flight manual. that makes them passengers.

crewmembers

They are assigned to be aboard your HAA helicoper with the duty to provide for the patient.  That is a crewmember!   

Otherwise, you'd be responsible to provide for the patient.   Clearly you are not, since you are flying.   

doing some heavy lifting. they have no duties that have anything to do with the operation of the aircraft. I would call them passengers tending to passengers.

you could have that burger flipper in the back and still be an air ambulance. the faa is not concerned in the least how or if they are credentialed. keep trying as it's funny watching you grasp at another straw as they are clearly passengers. arbitrary criteria lol

on board at all still be an air ambulance. 

and it would still be an haa flight. get it. med crew are passengers.

1) Helicopter air ambulance operation means a flight, or sequence of flights, with a patient or medical personnel on board, for the purpose of medical transportation...

AND they call them medical personnel, NOT crew. because that's what they are.

(2) Medical personnel means a person> or  personsa> with medical training, including but not limited to flight physicians, flight nurses, or flight paramedics, who are carried aboard a  helicopter during helicopter air ambulance operations in order to provide medical care.

NOT CREWMEMBERS.

... medical personnel are passengers?   It doesn't.  But FAR 1.1 says they are crewmembers because they are there with a duty "to provide mecical care".

youre a passenger

Because they are trained crewmembers assigned a duty aboard a helicopter air ambulance.

It's not a helicopter air ambulance flight if they are not on board  

you would be onto something

(2) Medical personnel means a person> or personsa> with medical training, including but not limited to flight physicians, flight nurses, or flight paramedics, who are carried aboard a helicopter during helicopter air ambulance operations in order to provide medical care.

you can put somebody that has never been in an aircraft ever, with no training whatsoever and they are good to as med crew with a briefing. tell me again how they are flight crew. lol

function completely unrelated to (and not even remotely associated with) the operation the aircraft. that makes you a passenger. 

ricky rescue wants to be considered a crew member really, really bad

FAR 1.1  Crewmember means a person assigned to perform duty in an aircraft during flight time.

If you have no persons assigned to perform medical care for the patient aboard an aircraft during flight, you are NOT conducting Helicopter Air Ambulance Operations!  See FAR 135.601(b)(2)

... again, they are there to perform a duty on an air ambulance.  And, it wouldn't not be helicopter air ambulance operation without them!

plastic card from the FAA showing they are certificated airmen (which is what all CREWMEMBERS get including flight attendants), they are passengers with about as much training and responsibility as somebody in the exit row. I don't care how many walk arounds they do. 

As are everyone who works on that cruise ship, no matter how unnautical their job is!

I know for certain that they are not passengers because they are under strict orders not to use passenger amenities.

I know for certain they work on the ship is because they work on the ship otherwise I wouldn't know for certain. lol 

on first and does anyone care?