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Mon Nov 24 17:18:37 GMT 2008

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 12:12 PM, <KMATTOX at aol.com> wrote:

> Interesting review process.     I hope and trust that  the panel was not
> overly "packed" with only one side of this  issue.

I know they include 2 or 3 persons who have openly stated their support of
helicopters in the past and have someone from an aeromedical operation.
Honestly the only person there who has been openly critical of the use of
helicopters is Dr. Bledsoe.  I fear that his concerns, advice and knowledge
will be drowned out in the name of protecting the status quo.

>     I do know that I was not consulted or even  contacted by the panel, and
> that is OK.   I have had concerns about standards of inclusion as to just
> who should and should not be flown and under what circumstances.

> I do hope that all sides of  this issue are put out into the open.

Agreed.

>    This is a real  opportunity for some real leadership.
>

What is a total shame is that the original flagship of trauma care and
arguably one of the most organized (perhaps overly organized) state EMS
system could have used this tragedy to further improve their position in the
field by embracing the appropriate changes but so far the leadership of both
have done nothing but posture and try to whitewash the public by clouding
the issue with emotion and personal opinion.

-- 
Stephen L. Richey, CRT
Aviation Injury Research Project Leader
Saginaw Valley State University
Work E-mail: slrichey at svsu.edu
Home Office Phone: 248-366-4452

"Hier stehe ich. Ich kann nicht anders. Gott helfe mir. Amen."- Martin
Luther, before the Diet of Worms, 16. April 1521

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