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On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 10:43:21 -0500, "Bryan Bledsoe, DO"
<bbledsoe at earthlink.net> said:
> Norman is right.  I heard a reporter asked Bob Bass (a good man) if I
> would
> be selected for the panel.  He said, "Maybe, but we are looking for
> somebody
> who does not have an established opinion either way."
> 
> Bryan

He may be a good man, but I am not looking for someone to drink beer
with.

Is he applying this "objectivity test" to others being considered for
the committee?

Or do they just have one lonely seat on the committee for someone who
meets their definition of objective?

Filling the committee with those who will be expected to come to a
decision that is acceptable to the HEMS sales doctors is not at all
objective. Filling the committee with a bunch of people with diverse
views would allow for a dialogue about the issues. If everybody already
agrees that there is no problem, why have a committee? 

This is just politics.

The crew members and the patients deserve better.

Tim Noonan.

> Bryan Bledsoe, DO, FACEP
> Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
> University of Nevada School of Medicine
> Department of Emergency Medicine
> University Medical Center of Southern Nevada
> Las Vegas, Nevada
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org
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> On Behalf Of McSwain, Norman E Jr.
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 10:23 AM
> To: Trauma &amp; Critical Care mailing list
> Subject: RE: Panel to Review Maryland Medevac Helicopters
> 
> Unfortunately Bob is correct
> 
>  
> 
> I would be great to be a part of a real panel changed with a productive
> outcome of realistic and patient care oriented guidelines. But my  view
> of the government directed reviews tells me it will never happen. "You
> can't gore my ox"
> 
>  
> 
> Norman
> 
>  
> 
> Norman McSwain MD
> 
> Professor, Tulane School of Medicine
> 
> Trauma Director, Charity Hospital Trauma Center
> 
> norman.mcswain at tulane.edu <mailto:norman.mcswain at tulane.edu> 
> 
> 504 988 5111
> 
> From: trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org
> [mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org] On Behalf Of ALS79 at aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 10:13 AM
> To: trauma-list at trauma.org
> Subject: Re: Panel to Review Maryland Medevac Helicopters
> 
>  
> 
> In a message dated 10/6/2008 7:33:47 PM Central Daylight Time,
> stephen.richey at gmail.com writes:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> "Unless they include Norman McSwain, Ken Mattox, and Bryan Bledsoe, I
> question whether this is going to be anything other than another
> whitewash
> feel good meeting that has become the standard in the aeromedical
> industry."
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
> 
> The meeting will begin with the declaration that "aeromedical services
> are widely recognized as an essential component of today's modern EMS
> systems," after which the outhouse will receive several new coats of
> paint.
> 
> Bob Kellow
> 
> 
> 
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