Re: History of Choppers in Medicine

["Geoff Taurins" <geofft@bigpond.net.au>]

G'day Ramesh.

First of all good luck with your research.

I understand you dislike some commonly used terms but if
you look up the meaning of your disliked terms in the dictionary
they describe what 'we' do very well.

Like others, I worked hard to get the title Flight Paramedic. The
term is understood by just about everyone. I did a quick
survey at work ( Melbourne Paramedics ) and nobody could
figure out what a "transit care professional" was. When pressed
for an answer the most common answer was they thought it was
a technical term for a hospital orderly. When I explained and
showed them a copy of your message, I got a strange look and
something along the lines of ' you have got to be kidding"
( no offence intended ).When I tell the person in the street I am
a Flight Paramedic nearly 100% of them know what I do, so I
see no need for change where there doesnt seem to be a need.

Cheers Geoff Taurins
MICA & Flight Paramedic


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ramesh Nagappan" <rameshnagappan@yahoo.com>
To: <flightmed@flightweb.com>
Cc: <ramesh@bigpond.net.au>
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 11:22 AM
Subject: History of Choppers in Medicine


> Dear All
>
> I am researching the history of "Helicopters in
> Transit Care of the Critically Ill"
>
> Yes - I do not like the words "evacuation" (you all
> are not a demolition gang), "retrieval" (you guys are
> not a mechanical arm), "prehospitalists" (you do
> inter-hospital stuff as well), "flight docs an
> dnurses" (you look after them in the ground as well -
> before and after the flight for a while.
>
> So I call you all "Transit care Professionals"
> (Transit Care MD, or Transit Care Nurse etc.)
>
> I would be grateful if you could please let me know of
> any infomration or any source of information that you
> think might be of some use to my in my research on the
> "History of Helicopters in the Transit Care of the
> Critically ill".  I am interested in Civil and
> Military stuff.
>
> If you choose to e-mail me large file-size documents
> or indeed photographs, Please do so to my other (main)
> e-mail ID :
>
> ramesh@bigpond.net.au (larger storage space).
>
> Many Thanks
> Ramesh Nagappan, MD
>
>
>
>
>
> =====
> Ramesh Nagappan, MD, FRACP, FJFICM
> Critical Care Physician
> Monash Medical Centre
> Locked Bag 29, 246, Clayton Road, Clayton - 3168
> Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
> Fax: 61 3 9594 6878
>
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