When Things Go Wrong

• Bad cric through Hyoid-Thryoid Space

• Chest Tube place through Liver and Diaphragham

• Aircraft landing with only 4 minutes of fuel. Pilot didn’t say anything. Experienced crew member who saw light didn’t say anything, oncoming pilot who noticed an excessive amount of fuel was put on didn’t say anything

• Laser strike where crew decided to land and apprehend the suspect

• Flying Under Wires corssing canyon while conducting SAI mission

• Crew landed to extinguish a ground fire rather than just report it.

• Near miss in Boulder Canyon because we didn’t see wires, and LZ didn’t report them.

• Labs

  • BMP

  • ABG

  • CBC

  • Chemistry

Pit Crew Approach to Calls

• Make a Plan

• Who’s doing what?

• How do we move a patient. Have a system

• How to prep lines.

• What equipment do we take to scene calls.