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Point taken Ben. Like I said....what is done is done and you've got my word that this is it. The thing is that you're smart- whether you think you are or not- to be a "waste of space". No one can carry on technical conversations with professionals without sounding like an idiot or poser without a requisite amount of intelligence. I hate to see someone with a functioning brain run themselves into a jam because of....well, whatever you want to classify this mess as. Even if there is personal bad blood between me and that person, it must be the instructor in me that wants to kick people in the ass and make them use their gifts to the best of their ability. As much as I despise that blithering moron, I will paraphrase George W. Bush when asked his opinion of Obama shortly after leaving office as it seems to fit: "He deserves my silence". If you want to make a clean start or whatever, then you deserve my silence so you can do so. I wish you all the best and hope you can figure out a way so you don't feel like a "waste of space".

Agreed. I will say nothing more on the subject. If I went a little overboard by doing as Ben requested and prove he claimed certain things, then I do apologize for that to you (runswithneedles) and to everyone else. Sometimes a desire to make people pay for perceived slights against a loved one clouds one's judgment and gets in the way of social decorum. In other words, shit happens. That's what shocks the hell out of me...as he seems to have been entirely self-taught and is smarter than most real medics and nurses I have dealt with. That's what frustrates the hell out of me more than anything (from a professional standpoint) about Ben: he has the brains to be a damn fine medic but for some reason isn't doing it. He probably doesn't care what I think but outside of the lies (which I don't believe is a conscious decision on his part to be honest), I actually think he'd make a fine addition from a clinical knowledge standpoint to the profession should he so choose to pursue it. With that, I will- unless specifically addressed- close out on this thread.

http://emtlife.com/showpost.php?p=178975&postcount=2 Not from this site, but still....your words. You're stating you have experience with St. John, which, we have previously established that you- as a point of fact- do not. Now before you try to claim "I did my clinicals with them" or something like that...remember, everyone now has their medical director's e-mail address and can very easily fact check anything that you say. Emphasis is my own......"our" in reference to a St. John's site. Nope, not a personal feud really. You'll notice I'm calling him on his lies about his professional background. I agree that this thread needs to be locked and corrective action needs to be taken but I'll leave that to the moderators as I have provided plenty of evidence that they will need to assess the case.

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You'll pardon us if we asked for at least two independently verifiable references attesting to that fact before believing you? Right? I mean this is what? The second EMS forum you've spread this crap on? If memory serves me, I seem to recall that over on EMTLife, you were also claiming to be a commercial pilot until someone pointed out that you have no depth perception because one of your eyes is all wonky. ...and apparently someone with some significant psych issues. The least of which seems to be pathological lying. No, you already tried that and it led to people questioning your credentials. Trying to get more people "in trouble" is simply going to be perceived as a desperate attempt to get this to blow over. Misdirection is just going to piss more people off and you and make them want to see you banned at very least and potentially burned at the stake for your 'crimes'. You'll also remember that in a lot of countries like the US, Britain, Germany, Canada, France, Australia, et cetera a "prehospital provider" can work off of their "in-hospital" credentials and doesn't necessarily have to be an EMS provider per se to be an EMS provider. This all is pretty pathetic in my book given that you're not obviously stupid. Crazy? Yeah, without a doubt, but it is nothing but a waste of intelligence to pretend to be something rather than actually becoming it for real. If you ask me, that is what makes you be in a dark and desperate place mentally because your lies, deceit and efforts to be something you're not has proven to be more difficult and troubling than actually becoming those things and truly earning the respect that goes with those positions. You've made your own bed, now you have to lay down in it. The best you can do is to act like a man for once in your life, stop lying, get help for whatever it is that makes you act like this and move on so that your presence does not further disgrace or cheapen the medical profession. What a sad, sickening waste of intelligence.....

My apologies AK. As I told Incognitogirl in a PM, part of my fire and brimstone approach here is the fact that I lost a friend in this crash and partly this coincided (to the day) with a loss in my family as well. If I was out of line, I apologize for that. Grief and anger got the better of me and for that I am sorry. While I still feel issues exist that need to be addressed, I will follow a less nasty (and therefore more likely to succeed) approach from here on out on the forums. Let it be known that I have nothing against AirEvac personally and seriously hope their commitment to safety is what they say it is. We lost three good people- including one of the best nurses I ever had the pleasure of knowing- and the best we can do to honor their memory is to learn from what happened (when we know what happened for sure) and do everything in our power- personally, collectively, professionally- to reduce the chance of it happening again. Pull together, comfort those left behind and be safe everyone.

[quote="flight-lp"Going against the grain of the common saying, you DO need to quit your day job. Advocation for a safer air medical environment is one thing, but stating an occupation when you clearly show how clueless to research you are is another. The preliminary has not even been released yet, how on earth can you make any assertation to cause. I would also like to know how you have any correlary evidence showing similarity between the two other than the letters on the side of the aircraft. My thought is you are some bandwagon medic who reads a lot. Outside of that, you know jack.................................. BTW bright eyes, the 206 that crashed new years eve has hovering and more than likely suffered a compressor stall and subsequent power loss. As the aircraft was not moving, it was not able to develop lift when the transmission failed. No lift (horizontal or vertical) = no autorotation = accelerated uncontrollable descent into terrain. This one was in level flight, compressor stall not likely. Yes, the Bell 206 is not an optimal airframe for EMS. Yes in a perfect world, every air medical agency would have all of the bells and whistles available to ensure safety. But its not a perfect world and its a capitalistic money driven industry. That is where the focus of change should be. They died coming back from a PR, they weren't even loaded. That is what is sad about this tragic event.

Well, it takes that long for the NTSB to issue the report. 9 times out of ten, the investigators will know the likely cause within a week of the crash, but they are simply not allowed to say anything until the formal reports are released. My contact (a LEO....I grew up in southern Indiana and have worked all over down there so I know people) said that three witnesses reported seeing flames from the engine or an "explosion". That is generally taken to be reliable (there is a reason such things are included in NTSB reports) and given that this is a common finding in mechanical failure crashes it seems logical that the most likely cause of the crash was something along those lines. However, we shall see...as I said, let's not derail the thread any further. I was just repeating what I believe to be credible information.

Then you just eliminated ~80-90% of patients that are flown annually. However, let's try to keep the arguments on that topic to a minimum (or start another thread).

I did. I used to work with Sandra. It makes the loss of the chopper all the more personal, given that I both knew someone who was killed (this is the third friend I've lost to civilian helicopter crashes) and I spend my days trying to improve safety. This loss is a slap in the face that we still have much to do to minimize the chances of this happening again.

I treated a roofer who nailed his testicle to the roof when he failed to catch a nailgun that was tossed to him. That ranks basically #1 on my "OMG, that has to ****ing hurt" list...it actually makes me cringe just thinking about it.

The dead were Wade Weston (flight paramedic), Sandra Pearson (flight nurse), and the pilot Roger Warren. I used to work with Sandra (assuming it is the same Sandra Pearson)....what a shame to lose such fine professionals.... According to one of my contacts (I conduct aviation safety research as my primary occupation nowadays), the engine experienced some sort of "catastrophic failure". Whether it was an explosion is not clear, but given the similarity between this and the last crash that AirEvac had (December 30, 2007 down in Alabama), I think it says something about the maintenance department of this company. They are at the top (or pretty damn close to it) of most safety advocates' list of operations that need to be overhauled or shut down entirely. And in the aeromedical world of today, that is saying A LOT!

Seeing as there is nothing in there but Kerlix and ABD pads, it's not unorganized. And no, it's just a standard hiking pack. BTW, nice job digging up an old thread!

I figure this is something appropriate for this board, given the nature of the forum and what I have been invited to go do. I have recently invited to travel to Nepal next summer to assist in the education of paramedics and other health care professionals. The area I will be traveling to (if everything goes off as planned) is called Dharan, and it is in the Himalayan foothills in the eastern part of Nepal. There is currently effectively no EMS for this area so it is basically uncharted territory for our profession. The reason I am bringing this up is that I have been asked by the doctor who invited me, to seek out medical equipment and supplies to help establish EMS operations in his area. Nepal is one of the poorest countries on the planet, has been experiencing periodic episodes of a Maoist insurgency over the past several years, and I feel this is one of those times where our true colors can truly come shining through without interference from political agenda or personal feelings. If any of you, or your services would like to donate equipment, supplies or funds to aid in this trip, please let me know. Likewise, if you know anyone who works with medical equipment manufacturers or suppliers, or any charitable organization that would like to assist with this, please let me know. I have also been told that if anyone wishes to accompany me to aid in education and clinical precepting, they are more than welcome to come along. Among the things they are seeking include: Everything! Specifically, on the expensive side we could use: EKG/SpO2/NIBP monitors (as many as we can get, we only have 1 old one) portable ultrasound monitor/defibrillator ventilators fluid warmers syringe pumps As for the cheap stuff ambu bags and masks airways LMAs Yankauers skin staplers cervical collars BP cuffs (all sizes) stethoscopes penlights cautery pens pressure infuser cuffs Also rescue equipment donations (mostly towards the extrication side of things) are needed. They are also looking for used lightbars for their ambulances as the ones they have access to (from India) are not very reliable, bright or durable. From the sounds of what I have been told, this is going to be medicine at it's most austere. They are not looking for state of the art stuff (although that would be wonderful), just the bare necessities such as used equipment. If you can please help, in any way, please do so. Those of you who have known me for a while, you all know I tend to be a bit on the hard ass side of things so for me to make this kind of request is rather out of character and that should tell you about how serious I believe this to be. Please pass the word about this around to everyone you know- the hospitals you transport patients to, your churches and synagogues, your schools, etc. Your assistance is very greatly appreciated by everyone involved. Thanks in advance.

Speaking of poorly chosen department names, one of our nearby departments is named Dick Johnson Township VFD. Normally that's dispatched as "DJ Volunteers" to avoid snickering from the dispatchers. A couple of the guys on the department that I know say they get asked all sorts of inappropriate questions (maybe a little good natured ribbing?): "Do you all have purple fire helmets?" "How quickly do you come? To calls I mean?" "The boys from that department really prefer it hot and wet. I mean you can't send in Dick Johnson unless it's hot and wet can you?"