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Dear EMS Pilot's Very Outspoken wife:
The vast majority of people that contribute to this
list on a regular basis are solid professionals and I dare say have a pretty
good idea what we are about. I can say unequivocally that as a group we
have the utmost respect for the ability and professionalism of the aviation
members of the aeromedical team. You don't have to try convince us that
the your husband and others like him are performing a vital contribution to the
profession of aeromedical transport...we already know this. And I do
think that issues affecting professional EMS pilots have a rightful place on
Flightmed.
You haven't said one way or another but by your
posting it sounds as if you do not work as an EMS professional so where you
are coming from with the "we" stuff escapes me. Furthermore, if
that is the case, "we", unlike you, are out there everyday in the air or in an
ambulance providing care to our patients and don't really have to shut up or
justify anything. At its core, what we do isn't about aviation, it's about
providing specialized medical care to our patients and getting them to where
definitive treatment is available by whatever means
available. Helicopters, airplanes, and
ambulances are the way we get to work and were it not for the "sorry asses" of
the medical team, your husband wouldn't be "graciously" hauling
anything.... This is a public list and you have as much right to
post an opinion here as anyone but the tone and attitude that you chose to
address this group with contributes nothing to the discussion and is basically
insulting...even if your post was directed towards "vocal crackpots and critical
authors". The best way to deal with those folks are to consider the source
and use the delete key rather than feed into it...
But then again, maybe they aren't
crackpots...maybe they are just very outspoken too...
Manuel Torres BSN, RN
STAT MedEvac 4
Pittsburgh, PA
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