AEDs & Call Sign Routing,
I think it was a wise choice to require AEDs on commercial air craft.
If it is never needed then all the better, but if an emergency occurs it may
just be the one tool that saves a life when access to rapid emergency care
is unavailable. For such a small investment in overall costs its a no
brainer. Here in the US there has been strides to get rapid emergency
response and transport to most major communities within 6 minutes. I know
it can far exceed that time
but if youre in a commercial aircraft that
time may be closer to 30 minutes. WAY too long to get back on the ground and
before getting a patient into the medical care system.
In the early days of aviation flight attendants were often nurses. As
long as I can remember there has always been oxygen on aircraft. AEDs are
just one more tool in the tool box to assist in emergency care and Im glad
they are there.
So when used Call Sign Routing works well. If I were traveling like I use
to
it would be ideal to have. In another 5-10 years it may be so common
place that where ever you operate may have access to a gateway connected
system. Just like having an AED accessible on aircraft, shopping malls,
schools, job sites
if its available it can be used when needed.
73
Barry A. Wilson KAØBBQ
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From: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dstar_digi...@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of john_ke5c
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 8:35 PM
To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Native D-STAR vs. DPLUS linking (was: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Signal
Distance)
> But to those of us who truly do wish to communicate with an individual
> (as with those of us who are trained on AEDs), it is nice to have the
> capability when wanted/needed.
Oh I generally agree. I was just emphasizing how non sequltur the attempted
analogy with debfibrillators on airplanes was.
73 -- John
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