Re: (no subject)

[Ken Lawson-Williams <Macgyver@FlightMedicMail.com>]

None here, but at last program were several couples - two married. No rules, but the married couple worked adjacent shifts (d d n n x12) so as a family they still had 2 days off, and could cover childcare. 

Young crew, so many couples forming/reforming etc amongst ground/air/flight/dispatch crews. No problems occured, but dispatcher once sent husband into axe-murder scene ahead of police. Confusion over status of patient and scene, apparently...

Fly Safe. 
Ken L-W CCEMT-P/WMT

Duct tape is like the force, it has a light side and a dark side, and it holds the universe together.


--- "Tom Waters" <tom@tomwaters.net> wrote:
>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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>> 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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>> "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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