Sometime in May, A Flight Nurse from the above mentioned program came to my school to give a presentation on his job. He is an RN and works on a flight medic helicopter that flies to high trauma scenes to give medical attention. He came in and had a great slide show of some of the calls he's been on in his last 7 years. Mainly car accidents on our major highways, but several others, like fights, riots, etc where people were seriously injured and needed to be life flighted to the nearest trauma center. At the end, he invited any interested in a close up look at the helicopter to come to his hanger at a local small airport. I knew Brady and Andrew would be interested, so I took them on Mother's Day. We had a great time. I had a lot of questions and Tim answered all and many more from the kids and my friends kids. WE all got to get in the helicopter and touch and look at all the control. He explained all the medical equipment in the back as well, and even showed the kids how the camera intubator worked, and he put the kids on the screen. This is the machine they use to manually intubate and get a patent airway when the patient cannot breathe. They use a small lighted scope to enter the trachea in to the lungs. It was a great time. We got to the it land when it came in and also take off on a training mission before we left. They put on a great show for us and used the lights, did a low fly by at full speed and waved to us as they flew by. It was awesome. I will attach a few photos.
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