Wonderful discussion.... of an important topic. As with such debates there will be hotly defended positions. It's nice, as a newbie
, to read such sides of the debate and look at all the angles that people present.
Yes, this isn't a formal peer review... but some of us in the academic community have seen the way "peers" conduct themselves... A few of us might be disgusted by a slow drawn out political ego frenzy for something so important
. This all means fishing around and looking at details long drawn out evaluation and tons of investment and learning.
I hope I can do it justice!
Upon my first introduction to some persons in the re breather community I was promptly informed by one boorish opinionated individual that the discussions here are*a load of rot and shouldn't be taken seriously.*(paraphrased of course.. I couldn't be bothered typing what he actually said)
Luckily, I also bumped into Cedric that Sunday night (even if discussion was limited to a couple minutes)...
so... on my list of important stuff to do it the... I'm going to download that flow chart... review his list and give it a serious session of the memorizing mo...
I still wonder what I would be able to do in my current location with only one (single diver) chamber being over 2 hours away by car.
There are no airlifts in this country and surface support is of as much use as a taxi driver.
AEDs are a bit too high tech over here as well.
Having medic training and working through med school do (to my credit I guess)... let me bump into protocol and procedure... but... it'd be nice to get something of a formal guide for us... not so infrastructure-ally endowed individuals.
The only major hospital I trust is over 3 hours away and then there is the whole carnival of trouble even getting admitted and checking through the paperwork...
Any ideas?
Thanks all around...