Pal: Drowned BMC Trauma Surgeon Modernized EMS

[CBEMT]

"He was the one who made the push that it had to be a medical orientation,'' Levine said. ``If you look at other places, you'll see towns where the fire department does it. He wanted the primary focus to be medicine. It couldn't be secondary.''

http://www.jems.com/news_and_articles/news...rnized_EMS.html

[DwayneEMTP]

Hell, this seems like the month to lose a lot of good people...

God's speed to the Doc and those that loved him from the Womacks in CO...

Dwayne

[p3medic]

Dr. Hirsch was a hell of a surgeon, and a mentor and teacher to the paramedics in the city of Boston. He was not one to settle for mediocrity, and had no problem pointing out flawed logic or piss poor patient management. He will be sorely missed.

[mailmantech82]

I was at BMC doing clinical rotations when this happened! From talking to the staff at the hospital, they are really going to miss him! God Speed Doc!

[Dustdevil]

Major loss to the profession! Dr. Hirsch was a man with visionary leadership and unselfish commitment that we could use a lot more of in this country. Adios, Doc. Thanks for all you did for us.

[StrchrFetchr]

/Agree

And not trying to hijack the thread, but somewhat on topic with Dwayne's comment: "Hell, this seems like the month to lose a lot of good people... "

Jayme Thissel, ERMD, of Concord Hospital in Concord, NH died last week, also. [Motorcycle Accident]