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Four man litter carry unless under fire!! That's a
good one.
A tour with any urban EMS service will immediately
introduce you to the two person (some of my best partners have been women) stair
chair carry down 6 flights of rickety stairs. When under fire (we have been) we
dispense with the litter etc.and drag them on the ground.
John
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 6:43
PM
Subject: Re: Physical demands?
Folks, they are not trying to become Pararescue Technicians
or SOF operators... Sounds to me that some of the institutions in this
forum are trying to be parochial. I believe in being fit, but for number
one you are not the military and you really should look at the fact that
instituting such stringent programs could lead to legal actions against your
organization. How physical fit do you really need to be to treat
patients on board a helicopter or a fixed wing bird? And how physically fit do
you have to be to perform a four man litter carry--- no one out there in the
civilian and military world rarely performs a two man litter carry unless they
are under fire. You folks really need to consider this before instituting such
policies. Just my professional and personal opinion.
Robert "Bob"
McCumsey
MSgt, USAF
NCOIC, Joint Special Operations Forces Medical
Education
Joint SOF Liaison to NREMTs
US Special Operations Command,
Office of the Command Surgeon
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