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Mon Nov 24 20:44:10 GMT 2008

I also don't believe they have returned all of the helicopters to service
either.   However, I have not heard any news on that end in about a month so
I could be mistaken.

Also, I don't think we can judge the changes in the short term any more than
we can rely upon the panel to affect real improvements given what we
believe  we know so far about its makeup.

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Robert Waddell II
<bobwaddell at bresnan.net>wrote:

> One interesting point that I have learned that was brought out in todays
> discussion is that helicopter usage is down approx 75% since the
> implementation of the "call in" protocol.  Numerous assumptions and
> implications can be made from this, but the only fact is that the numbers
> are down.  What must, and should have ALWAYS been the primary mission
> objective is increasing survival and decreasing morbidity associated with
> being ill or injured in the prehospital setting.  Most all other perspective
> forces the patient and their outcome to be secondary.  Just my 2 cents.
>
> Take care,
>
> Bob Waddell II
> EMT-P (ret)
> bobwaddell at bresnan.net
> 307 920 2020
>
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