Re: ER 11/20 HELICOPTER CRASH

["Jeff Brosius" <reno316@hotmail.com>]

Things to consider when viewing the episode in question:

1.  It IS Hollywood.  T'were they to show the "REAL" side of ER/EMS/HEMS, 
it'd be, for the most part, a damn boring show.

2.  The scene of the helo lifting is a good example of how NOT to do 
things... you have an untrained crew (the two ER nurses) standing by the 
tail rotor, unprotected, when the helo lifted.  Of all the places I've 
worked, NONE would allow this.  Anyone near the helipad is required to be 
trained in helo safety and wearing protective gear.  On the show, the nurses 
were wearing only scrubs.

3.  The event, while statistically unllikely, is a great opportunity for us 
to bring our profession to the public eye and facilitate conversation.  Much 
like the USA Today article series, "Bringing Out the Dead," "Third Watch," 
et al, the exposure is not always accurate nor positive, but it provides us 
a venue for people to come and ask us "Is it really like that show I saw on 
television?"  Here's where we jump in and say something like "Well, not 
exactly... let me explain it to you."  That sort of PR is invaluable.

4.  It IS Hollywood.

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JRB

Jeff Brosius,
Paramedic, etc.

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