I'd add shock management into your repertoire, Stealth. And to manage
shock you need to be able to monitor vitals. Proper methods of moving
a patient to safety, a short distance away from a crash site without
further injury may be very important. Help may not be immediately
forthcoming if the crash happens in a remote or even just a rural
area. You may need to treat for the long term. Now the situation is
more complex and recurrent training may be of great value. I believe
training is money well spent. Losing a loved one because you are
cheap would be hard to deal with. FWIW, discouraging people from
getting this training is not wise in my opinion,. You are correct in
that staying calm and making the right decisions is paramount. This
may not be easy when your loved one is the victim.

Joe Schneider
8437R

"Stealth Pilot" wrote in message
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On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 21:45:26 -0700, Brian Burger

wrote:
snip

1. if you think you are going to prang you have the wrong attitude
to
flying and maintenance. your certified engine has no reason not to
make 2000 hours trouble free if the maintenance is sound. no reason
at
all. prevention is far better than experience when it comes to
accidents.

2. first aid is quite simple for 99% of cases.

if a person is on their way out of life firstly their breathing
stops
or their airway gets obstructed. 300 seconds later (roughly) their
heart runs out of oxygen and stops.

the heart never stops while they are breathing.

the priority for first aid is to keep the airway clear and
unobstructed.
if some one is out of it, roll them on their side, gently move the
head back and pull their jaw up to keep the trachea open.
make sure they havent swallowed their tongue.
they will be quite comfortable in that position for a few hours.

all of the rest of the mickey mouse training is really devoted to
half
of the remaining 1% of situations and can be looked at in that light
quite competently.

3. gentle pressure to the area will stop most bleeding

4. it helps the thinking considerably if you dont panic.

there you go. that's the crux of a 2 day $120 dollar first aid
course.
just as an aid to getting the priorities right, in a year working in
a
busy hospital with really frail, injured and sick people I've never
needed to give first aid ever. in your flying you'll be dealing with
healthy people.

Stealth Pilot