Comments on: MSM – Great Article in the Mail http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2010/02/msm-great-article-in-the-mail/ A progressive view on UK military affairs Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:17:44 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jed http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2010/02/msm-great-article-in-the-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-960 Jed Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:20:34 +0000 http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/?p=2252#comment-960 Grim - yes I have read it, obviously need to re-read it, but I don't think there is room to swing the proverbial cat in the back of an MH60 ! Grim – yes I have read it, obviously need to re-read it, but I don’t think there is room to swing the proverbial cat in the back of an MH60 !

]]> By: Grim http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2010/02/msm-great-article-in-the-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-959 Grim Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:29:39 +0000 http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/?p=2252#comment-959 @Jed: Michael Yon actually did a piece on the PJ's, I suggest you all check it out on his site. It's a very good piece with some good photos and it happens to have been done on an occasion where they went in to rescue a British troop too. I think Yon made reference to the Chinook being the only Medevac helo that carries blood, all the others(like the PJ's Blackhawk) were too small for it. @Jed: Michael Yon actually did a piece on the PJ’s, I suggest you all check it out on his site. It’s a very good piece with some good photos and it happens to have been done on an occasion where they went in to rescue a British troop too.

I think Yon made reference to the Chinook being the only Medevac helo that carries blood, all the others(like the PJ’s Blackhawk) were too small for it.

]]> By: DominicJ http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2010/02/msm-great-article-in-the-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-956 DominicJ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:30:44 +0000 http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/?p=2252#comment-956 And now its clear why Chinooks are needed for Medevacs. And now its clear why Chinooks are needed for Medevacs.

]]> By: Jed http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2010/02/msm-great-article-in-the-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-954 Jed Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:36:33 +0000 http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/?p=2252#comment-954 It is a good article, the sort of thing you normally expect from Micheal Yon. Maybe things have changed since I left the forces but "nurse" is not normally the job title associated with a commission (thinking of the Flight Lieutenant called Fiona). Also not sure that UK MERT is the only unit able to transfuse in mid-flight, I thought USAF Rescue Squadron Para-Rescue Jumpers (PJ's) were very highly qualified. How come we cannot afford a flippin' intercom (wireless or otherwise) so the medics can actually communicate with each other ?? That they do a truly marvelous job is undoubted, it would be great if such stories got double page centre spread in the print version of the papers so more of the public could recognize their efforts. It is a good article, the sort of thing you normally expect from Micheal Yon.

Maybe things have changed since I left the forces but “nurse” is not normally the job title associated with a commission (thinking of the Flight Lieutenant called Fiona). Also not sure that UK MERT is the only unit able to transfuse in mid-flight, I thought USAF Rescue Squadron Para-Rescue Jumpers (PJ’s) were very highly qualified.

How come we cannot afford a flippin’ intercom (wireless or otherwise) so the medics can actually communicate with each other ??

That they do a truly marvelous job is undoubted, it would be great if such stories got double page centre spread in the print version of the papers so more of the public could recognize their efforts.

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