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Originally Posted by Eagle5US
Well...folks who have "seen it on TV" shouldn't be doing it anyway. I "used to do this" and "downloaded this video series or that book" should stick to second guessing episodes of ER.
For the one kid they fix-there will be 10 that they kill "learning on"
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Eagle, I don't want this to sound smartass because this is your house and I agree with what you are saying in principle. But I think the point is they
aren't just sitting around second-guessing ER episodes. My cousin has BTDT and has the 3 ex-wives to prove it.
This is his second pass through the area -- he's using his well-earned time off to fly for no pay at high elevations, in winter, through gusty mountain passes to try to get aid to areas that have seen none.
Granted, the situation is less than optimal. I think there are a whole lot of tough choices being made. He's telling me of kids trapped under unmoveable slabs who were chopped out by their parents with axes. This is pretty much the definition of "between a rock and a hard place." He's not qualified to do it, but he still has to perform triage when he has 60 frantic parents with seriously injured kids and room for eight in the helo. The more he knows, the better he'll feel.
He asked for help, so I'm doing the best I can for him. He's the most dedicated and capable guy I've met. I'm sure you'd like him if you met him, if you haven't met him already. What I don't have the heart to tell him, although my guess is that he already knows, is he won't be coping with the numbers of seriously injured on the next trip. They'll all be dead.
He's a pretty tough guy but I can tell he's really shaken by what he's seen. He thinks the optimal solution is to evac the whole valley system, but it isn't being done for political reasons.