Need Some Support -- Bad Call

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[Dexster]

jab. It sounds like you did your job. If you did what you are supposted to do then that is all you can do to help this child. In direct effect yes you can't do anything other than you are trained to do. Make the calls to get the child from incident to the emergency room as fast as posible. I have been involved in many AirEvac ops while in the miltary and I know that cordination and communcation is just as vidle as the medical aid given to the individual.

[MrJim911]

jab, will you be involved in the debriefings that take place for the flight crew and hospital staff?

[JimSpoor]

Don't be a rock. Talk to the flight crew and the staff at the hospital. Sometimes being hands off can be more difficult than getting in there and "doing something". The fact is you did do something, the right thing. You are a vital part of the team. Remember that. One thing that has helped me with my difficult calls is follow-up. We never get to know the end result of most of our calls. Stay on top of how the baby does. Even if the outcome is not a happy one, you will have closure and that is easier than not knowing.

BTW: You guys keep your pilots in the loop better than we did. I used to ride a ground unit for a hospital based EMS unit with a flight team. My wife was a dispatcher. Our pilots were only told the coordinates and whether it was a scene call or an inter-facility run. They made the go/no-go decision with NO patient information what so ever. Most of our pilots preferred it that way.

Good Luck. We are here if you need us.

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