Re: (no subject)

["Tom Waters" <tom@tomwaters.net>]

Here at Wyoming Life Flight, we have 3 sets of husband/wife.  2 are
both-medic and 1 is medic/nurse.  As with most, no written policies exist,
but couples do not fly or go ground for that matter, together. It is usually
only at shift change that the 2 medic teams are ever even seen together, as
there is kid-turnover and one parent goes home.  I have worked several
places air and ground, and whether written or un, couples do not
supervise/work toghether, this includes when the pilot may be involved with
a medical crew member.  That happens too, occasionally too.

Good weekend all...
Tom Waters

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From: <sgram0529@cs.com>
To: <flightmed@flightweb.com>
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 11:48 AM
Subject: RE: (no subject)


> Our company has an unwritten policy that doesn't allow family members to
fly on the same aircraft together due to the fact that if there were a crash
(god forbid), there would be 2 losses in the same family instead of one and
if there were children involved........imagine the tragedy. My husband and I
both are flight nurses for the same company and due to scheduling issues our
crews may fly nurse/nurse occasionally. However, we do not work together on
the same aircraft. We, along with management, both agree that it is
definantly in our best interest not to fly together nor sign narcotics
together. Most of these "guidelines" have been initiated by my husband and I
due to the fact that it is not a common situation and we want to protect
ourselves. You could see how a jury, or even a supervisor,  could look at a
husband/wife team who had a bad outcome with a patient and wonder if there
were any issues that were not revealed because they were trying to protect
each other. I can't say that I wouldn't think the same way in the their
shoes. As I said before, this is not a written policy for our company, but I
would definantly recommend that you not fly together for liability reasons.
Fly safely!
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> Native Air
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> "Bob Johnson" <scoobymedic@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> >A ? for the group, Does any flight services have any rules about spouses
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> >Nurse/medic )flying together as full time partners.
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