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quote:Originally posted by DONNA C:
I'm not sure who made the final decision to wait until the chopper was on the scene on the ground, to decide to at that time take the patient to ECM. My worry about this is the fact that while all this was going on, the patient was not receiving the care that they needed during all this. They should not have had to wait at FFD station 5 that long before someone made up their mind. They should have been at ECM from the very first, and then if it was decided that they needed to be airlifted, then the patient could have been picked up at ECM. There was a lot of valuable time wasted that the patient may or may not have had.
quote:Originally posted by DONNA C:
Guys, I'm not putting down or saying anything bad about anybody in this particular incident. This is what happened, 1. The accident happened @7:00 last night. 2. It was not an automobile accident. 3. As soon as medical personnal arrived, Air Evac was asked for. 4. They stated that CPR was in progress. 5. Dispatch responded back that they were on the line with AirEvac. 6. They were told Air Evac had at least a 10 minute ETA. 7. They then began to start talking back and forth as to where they should get the chopper to land etc8. It was decided to have them land at Station 5,next door to Station 5. 8. At that point, the patient was taken by EMS by a police escort to Station 5, 9. After arriving at Station 5, they then sat and waited for Air Evac. I'm sure they were being given good medical attention whle in the ambulance. 10. Then Air Evac switched over to the FFD frequency, in which the FFD told Air Evac were to land, and what power lines and treelines to watch out for.11. After the Air Evac chopper landed, a call came back into dispatch which said that the patient was then gonna be transported to ECM. The whole thing that has me upset about this deal, was the fact that while all the transporting to the Station 5 location, and then after waiting at Station 5 for Air Evac, the patient should have been transported to ECM to get the best medical treatment during their "golden" hour. This should and could have been done, in order to give the patient the best possible outcome. That's what I'm upset about. Not anything to do with FPD,EMS, FFD, AirEvac. They all did their job, but can't U see where I'm coming from? AirEvac was called immediately on arrival at the scene, patient then transported to Station 5, waited for AE,then the decision was made to not use AE,but to then transport patient to ECM. The long wait that never should have happened is what really bothers me. I am not saying anything about the accident, nor the circumstances concerning it, because the family of this person may read this and I do not want to have this horrible situation batted about. If U want to know more, please just PM me guys, ok? Hope U understand both my concern,being upset, and my not going into more detail, thanks.
quote:Originally posted by DONNA C:
........The amount of precious time that this person had in their "golden" hour was spent on the ground, on Cox Creek Parkway,waiting for the AirEvac.......
quote:Originally posted by DONNA C:
.......There was at least 10-15 minutes,possibly more wasted. Just waiting to see what decision that was to be made. The amount of precious time that this person had in their "golden" hour was spent on the ground, on Cox Creek Parkway,waiting for the AirEvac. That time could have been well spent racing to the hospital, not sitting and wasting precious time. This just was very unnecessary and could have been very bad for the injured person. FPD even gave the EMS unit an escort from the place of the accident to Station 5. Do U feel the same way that I do, that a lot of this person's valuable time was lost while somebody was trying to decide on what to do. While deciding that, he/she could have been at ECM getting his very important treatment. Then, if they felt it was necessary to fly him/her out,then call the copter to ECM. How do U feel about this? I'm very upset,and don't even ask me how I would have felt if it had been one of my family members, loved ones, or friends,or heck, just anyone I knew.........
.......... My worry about this is the fact that while all this was going on, the patient was not receiving the care that they needed during all this. They should not have had to wait at FFD station 5 that long before someone made up their mind. They should have been at ECM from the very first, and then if it was decided that they needed to be airlifted, then the patient could have been picked up at ECM. There was a lot of valuable time wasted that the patient may or may not have had............
quote:Originally posted by DONNA C:
.......Guys, I'm not putting down or saying anything bad about anybody in this particular incident.......
.........I did not make any assumptions about anything.I praised all the work done by the EMS. I was praising EMS, Fire and Pd,and never for one second put them under a microscope. U must be reading between the lines of my post,my EMS broher or sister. Also, as being in EMS,I do indeed know what the golden hour is.........
quote:Originally posted by tnt5862:
Thanks Donna for letting us know why you deleted it ,I was going to pm you and ask what happen ,,but I see .
You know some on here will never change right ? Why just yesterday a poster ( Hall of Famer ) threatened to find me and beat me to death and wanted the "gang " to join him , all because I posted a funny pic about obama Dong Dong . The thread was deleted .
Now I guess I'll have to read between the lines with this poster .
quote:Originally posted by DONNA C:
I Chose to delete this original topic and all the further statements that I made afterward. There are just too many people who seem very content to read between the lines,or perhaps just read a word or two and then go full force on an attack on the original poster. I have tried many times but on this forum and in many PM s to state my true intention and to try to get them to see that I did not mean what they thought they were reading. I also told them that I was through wih the argueing and name calling and backstabbing,and other things that were going on. Not only did it not stop, some of them put their "fiends, acquaintances, co workers to also join for the very first time to get on and tear apart everything I said and again totally chose to ignore my reasonings for doing so. So, this is why I chose to delete all my posts. I wanted to let U know before all the crap starts about why I did it, I am sick and tired of trying to defend myself over something that was taken the WRONG WAY, and then they ran with it. They must not have a life and had to have something to do.
I am now going to ask the Times Daily to do something about this post.
Thanks
quote:Originally posted by DONNA C:
Thanks t, Yes, it's still going on, but this particular person was a newbie, another newbie got them to come on and jump me also. I've got one foot out the door after all this. Only this time It will be permanent. Too much, wayyy to much bull crap going on to be fun or interesting anymore. It has been reported to the TD, and several people have also been reported. So far, all my reporting on different topics has resulted in those persons being banned from coming on here. But we all know that they come back as a newbie,and start the stuff all over again. So, it's never gonna change. Obviously people have no life. I'm done fussing with them. I'll probably be going in a very short time, and unlike most of these people, I WILL NOT be returning under another name. When I am though with something, I am THROUGH!!!!