Re: ER 11/20 HELICOPTER CRASH

[Susan Toberman <suziqfly@yahoo.com>]

Hi all,
 
Since we are talking about it....  
I thought it was ironic that the "corporate big-wig" pt decided he needed to go to a "better place" on the "private helicopter" with his" own MD and RN."  Let alone the fact that poor Dr. Roman is being stalked by rotor-wing A/C.  I worked in the ER last night, and there truly was alot of discussion. I had to do some explaining to my coworkers, and maybe even to myself.  There was alot of disregard for basic safety rules in an approach to an A/C.   It is up to us to educate our coworkers, ourselves and the public to at least let them know we do care about SAFETY-despite what the media portrays.
I am probably repeating what everyone else has said.  Sorry if I did.  Also, I would be lying if I said I didn't giggle over the Dr. Romano situation.
 
Sue Toberman, RN

Wesley Copeland <flyingmedic911@msn.com> wrote:
IMHO I think the incident was appropriate. Like me, I am sure all of you who watch ER on a regular basis have taken issue with some "technical error" they have made, but all in all I feel the show has done a good job of realistically showing both the good and bad sides of emergency medicine. I am glad to see a show that shows the lay public that our profession is not always perfect as has been portrayed on other shows such as Rescue 911. Even my old favorite, "Emergency" always seemed to have a happy ending. (although I must admit that at the time of Emergency, happy ending's were needed to gain public support of our profession during it's infancy.) Just over a year ago a tragic accident took 3 of my co-workers and my family got a reality check regarding the dangers of my line of work. Because of this my wife choose not to watch it and we agreed that our children wouldn't watch it either. My oldest who is 9 was aware of the past accident when it occurred and we spent many hou
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 talking about it then so I did not feel that he needed to see it on TV. I did watch the show, and while it was a gut wrenching site, I feel they portrayed the incident as well as such a terrible thing could have been done. I agree with Rollie that this is a good opportunity to discuss an issue that is rarely discussed but I am surprised that such discussion has not taken place before as this is not the first air medical accident the show has portrayed. 

Wes Copeland Sr., FP-C
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