RE: Hot vs cold loading and unloading

["James Dinsch" <jdinsch@fireemstech.com>]

I presently work for a ground critical care team, but just left the
full-time fire service this past January.  We trained with our flight
service on doing both types of loads annually.  My general observation
of the fire service/EMS community is "if they're bad enough, do whatever
you need to to get them out of here," i.e., highly-critical patients get
hot loaded and it works fine.  From the operational side, it doesn't
really make a difference.

James Dinsch, FF/NREMTP, CCEMTP
Antioch, IL  60002
Pager (847) 569-5017
jdinsch@yahoo.com


-----Original Message-----
From: flightmed-admin@flightweb.com
[mailto:flightmed-admin@flightweb.com] On Behalf Of EAhlCleo@aol.com
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 7:21 PM
To: flightmed@flightweb.com
Subject: Hot vs cold loading and unloading


Trying to get a feel for the general consensus on how EMS agencies
respond to 
the rotorwing staying hot or shutting down on scene calls. What has your

experience been with agencies feeling strongly one way or the other?
What is 
your preference? What are your EMS agencies' preferences and why?

Thanks

Beth Ahl, FN
Airlife Denver



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