tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post2589165220522568448..comments2023-11-15T22:51:56.140-08:00Comments on HelicopterEMS.com: Hoisted On My Own Petard...Dan Fouldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00967225641362222953noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post-71505927784513347682016-01-04T13:36:14.733-08:002016-01-04T13:36:14.733-08:00Hi Jay, Thanks very much for taking the time to st...Hi Jay, Thanks very much for taking the time to stop by and provide your thoughts. I appreciate your experience and service to our nation and to ill and injured persons. I think your experience of landing at a HEMS crash would do exactly what you want to do - get people's attention. NEMSPA is the avenue for HEMS pilots to express opinions about what direction we should be going in. If you are a member, great, and let the president and other board members know how you feel. If not, please consider joining us. Thanks again for taking the time to comment...<br />Dan Fouldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00967225641362222953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post-44661008928604783582016-01-04T11:25:46.318-08:002016-01-04T11:25:46.318-08:00I have been flying for 26 years in the military an...I have been flying for 26 years in the military and 8 in EMS. I have picked up a survivor from an HEMS crash and left two friends there on the ground. I read and read articles like this dating back for years but we are still flying single engine basically just talking but making no real progress. Lets find a way to get people how can help to listen and lets change things for the better. I believe if the FAA required HEMS to fly duel engine, IFR certified helicopters, with a payload of at least 500 lbs. we could significantly but the accident rate in EMS. Randy Mains wrote just this in an article in 2008. Jay Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02308137687200531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post-32083436904442171122015-12-31T05:32:00.057-08:002015-12-31T05:32:00.057-08:00Monty, I wish I could have met Michelle. I underst...Monty, I wish I could have met Michelle. I understand she was a great person and a tireless advocate for HEMS safety. Dan Fouldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00967225641362222953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post-44114251831016265562015-12-29T19:40:34.504-08:002015-12-29T19:40:34.504-08:00As an old paramedic I have found the subject of CR...As an old paramedic I have found the subject of CRM fascinating ever since I attended a class taught by Michelle North. Later I attended the AMRM train the trainer class at AMTC in Austin. I do appreciate your views on water crossing. I used to ask to go around rather than over lakes here in Kansas. I really didn't like the thought of swimming out, at night, in winter, well, anytime. Thanks for the article. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06688965399472506335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386371994151518498.post-12391509379088332082015-12-29T18:25:50.855-08:002015-12-29T18:25:50.855-08:00Very Well said. I myself do not work on AN EMS hel...Very Well said. I myself do not work on AN EMS helicopter but I have done ride along and have some very dear friends that do work on the Helicopters and this article really hits home. <br /><br />Lt K. Roberts<br />HCFR <br />South CarolinaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com