Some people get sad about things like this, me, I get really angry. I just do not understand why there aren't LSV's and carriers of the coast with a makeshift operating facility under the flight deck ready to receive patients. The aircraft can then bring them to the flight deck; they can be transported below decks and then treated.
Furthermore I do not understand why the planes on the tarmac are leaving empty. I can't help but wonder why they are not coming in, getting unloaded, refueled, and then being reloaded with patients which can then be transported to a facility in one of the neighboring nations. The fuselage inboard a transport plane is huge, and why they cannot be converted into operating rooms and why surgeries are not being performed within them is a mystery to me. Either option is better than making excuses.
There are a variety of places the necessary surgeries can be performed. I know we have ambulances have been used as operating rooms, so why not something else; improvise!!! We say we are there to help these people, then let’s do it, and do it now!!!
People say we don't have the capacity; to this I say BOLOGNA!!! Our military is designed to fight 2 wars simultaneously. WE did it in WWII, and we can do it now. Several years ago we did a mock NBC drill in Washington D.C. Within 24 hours we had operating rooms, triage facilities, showers, etc set up and in place. Overnight the Sea Bees and the Marine Combat Engineers, together with Army detachments, had built mobile hospitals and ORs. Containers were compeered and used for everything from ORs, command centers, quarters, etc. It’s not a complicated concept. It is amazing to me how we can, within 24 hours, have a complete triage and treatment center, not to mention ORs, available in politician central, yet we can't help our neighbors. We say we are there to help, but then we half a** it. I know all too well the protocols and procedures involved with mass casualties and now I wonder why, after almost a week, we are still unable to get people, material, and expertise to the region which is right off our coast. If we are going to help, lets help; if we are not, then we are not; one or the other.
I may seem out of place but I know in my heart, from both experience and common sense, we can do a lot better for a lot less money and time. It’s called efficiency; let’s give it a try for once. When we waste money and time its and inconvenience most of the time, but when it costs the lives of the people we claim we are trying to help it is infuriating.
I know we can do better, and when we don’t we wonder why we have dead children on our hands. The lack of organization and the excuses being made are beyond logical explanation and are completely unacceptable.
