Re: air evac, private reply

[sheldon dreaddy <roamingnurse@yahoo.com>]

Dear Larry, 
     you must remember that this reply that you read
was written by someone else, I simply forwarded it ,
remember everyone is entitled to an opinion, I don't
agree with everything this person said either but it
was his or her opinion. You should read the postings
carefully to make sure you know who wrote them.
--- Larry Pluhar <lpluhar@airangels.com> wrote:
> This reply is to Sheldon Dreaddy:
> 
> I do not work for AirEvac EMS nor are they a
> competitor, however, it seems
> you are intimidated by their presence in your area.
> 
> You make many statements without facts to support
> them. If you say AirEvac
> has been attributed to five deaths," spell it out -
> who attributes, where
> did it occur, etc. Got ant NTSB reports to back up
> your claim? Do you really
> want to get into comparing accident rate, etc. with
> the other major vendors?
> By the way, what is an EPU?
> 
> If your program is CAMTS accredited, you should at
> least know how to
> abbreviate it. I believe that CAMTS is  important,
> but the fact that a
> program is not so accredited does not equate to
> being unsafe, nor does
> single engine aircraft. How many programs CAMTS
> accredited are flying those
> awful single engine aircraft?
> 
> Do you personally know any of the medical personnel
> working for AirEvac? To
> allege they provide only "an appearance of flight
> medicine" is quite an
> indictment. Do you believe that any state department
> of health would allow
> unqualified people to be a nurse or paramedic
> anywhere, let alone in an
> aircraft?
> 
> Unless you have personally seen an aircraft with
> bungee cords and duct tape,
> why bring it up? Again, do you believe the FAA would
> allow these kinds of
> practices to happen?
> 
> Ah yes, the pilots. Each state department of health
> publishes it's minimum
> requirements for EMS helicopter pilots. If a pilot
> meets those requirements,
> what is your beef? Again, want to compare
> statistics?
> 
> Who does the inviting? Your elite program, the
> state, who?
> 
> Bottom line, if your program is a good as you think
> it is, or if other
> programs were as bad as you say they are, you would
> have the only program in
> the world.
> 
> Quit using this forum to bash other programs!
> 
> Larry Pluhar
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sheldon dreaddy" <roamingnurse@yahoo.com>
> To: <flightmed@flightweb.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 11:08 PM
> Subject: Fwd: air evac, private reply
> 
> 
> >
> > Note: forwarded message attached.
> >
> >
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