RE: Re Bayflight Incident

["Laurie A. Romig, MD" <laurie.romig@verizon.net>]

Julie:

 

You're absolutely right. The two neonatal teams that we work with go through the same safety training the rest of us do and have their own flightsuits and helmets. The ACH team did great!

 

Laurie Romig

-----Original Message-----
From: flightmed-admin@flightweb.com [mailto:flightmed-admin@flightweb.com]On Behalf Of Julielbacon@aol.com
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 8:33 AM
To: flightmed@flightweb.com
Subject: Re: Re Bayflight Incident

As a peds/neo team director for many years, I have heard the following often from both the adult flight team as well as the specialty team:  "They/We don't really need to be trained like the adult team because we/they are really the ones in charge of the aircraft".

The Bayflite/All Children's Hospital affirmed what I've always preached - all air crew members on the flight are responsible for the safety of the aircraft and should be trained appropriately.  (That means specialty teams, too)

After all, isn't the goal for everyone to go home safely at the end of the shift? 

Julie Bacon, RN
Child Flight