VFlutter
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Tailrotors are for dweebs
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DragonClaw
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Pfft. Rookie numbers. My fidget spinner will put it to shame when I get it.
Those are neat, I dont understand them, but cool nonetheless. Louisville Metro PD keeps a Notar at Bowman field in Louisville, got to check it out one time. I guess there are a few MD-500s used for air medical in Missouri or Kansas?Tailrotors are for dweebs
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DesertMedic66
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Not something I would openly admit...
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My company used to have some out here in SoCal however it was quite a few years ago. I think it was right around the time we were switching from the 222 to the 135s.
DragonClaw
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VFlutter
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A few police agencies have MD500Ns including St. Louis Metro Air support. Cox Air Care in southwest MO have a few MD902s. University of Missouri used to have one as well until they switched vendors.
They really aren't great helicopters. Interior space is surprisingly small and oddly arranged for a twin engine and they are maintenance nightmares. Look cool tho
My only comparison is a 135 and I would call it a maintenance nightmare. Were near the point of just doing an MEL on the strobes before we wash it cause we know its coming anyway.
Or good lord, if you let it sit out in the rain you can plan to MEL the autopilot.
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Our Search and Rescue helicopters are both NOTARs
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If you think the 135s are bad let me introduce you to the 109s. Always down for maintenance and ordering parts can take easily a month or more to come in. We had one that sat in our hangar for 3 months waiting for parts to come in. Got it up and running for a couple of weeks and now it had been down again for 2 months. We are now just using it for spare parts.
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Can we get back off topic please? Feel free to continue the helo chat in the HEMS sub-forum. Thanks.
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Should I binge watch all of The Madalorian or restart Breaking Bad? 
DragonClaw
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So I apparently went to a really bad apartment complex. Notoriously bad and dangerous. And the pt was potentially a drug dealer based on some observations by my partner I agree with.
Not passing judgement on him, but for my pt's safety, my partners and mine, would you change anything about the transport? Any extra precautions or things to look for?
I don't expect anything to happen but I don't want to look like a target for supplies, drugs, anything or whatever.
I've noticed whenever I go to certain complexes the mere presence of an ambulance seems to bring an odd life to the place. It looked like a ghost town when we rolled into it and it doesn't take long for people to start gathering, peeking out of the blinds , going out in the porch to watch etc. I'm not saying it's malicious but it's a behavior I don't notice other places and it's a little unsettling when they're pretty close (but probably not close enough to reasonably say anything)
It just feels like eyes burning into you.
Am I making mountains out of molehills? What is the correct index of suspicion?
Edit: Like every call I watch out for vehicles, anyone approaching that doesn't belong, danger in any regard. But in areas of higher crime instances, especially violent crime (Pt was a GSW victim. Regardless of fault or reason it happened, I don't know and won't be so daring as to assume), surely it requires more vigilance?
Not passing judgement on him, but for my pt's safety, my partners and mine, would you change anything about the transport? Any extra precautions or things to look for?
I don't expect anything to happen but I don't want to look like a target for supplies, drugs, anything or whatever.
I've noticed whenever I go to certain complexes the mere presence of an ambulance seems to bring an odd life to the place. It looked like a ghost town when we rolled into it and it doesn't take long for people to start gathering, peeking out of the blinds , going out in the porch to watch etc. I'm not saying it's malicious but it's a behavior I don't notice other places and it's a little unsettling when they're pretty close (but probably not close enough to reasonably say anything)
It just feels like eyes burning into you.
Am I making mountains out of molehills? What is the correct index of suspicion?
Edit: Like every call I watch out for vehicles, anyone approaching that doesn't belong, danger in any regard. But in areas of higher crime instances, especially violent crime (Pt was a GSW victim. Regardless of fault or reason it happened, I don't know and won't be so daring as to assume), surely it requires more vigilance?
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VFlutter
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Drug dealers are not usually drug users so I may ask about needles but wouldn't be too worried
Be aware of your surroundings. Police should be there. Not a huge deal
Drug dealers are not usually drug users so I may ask about needles but wouldn't be too worried
Be aware of your surroundings. Police should be there. Not a huge deal
DragonClaw
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911 crews apparently require police escort at this place.
VFlutter
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Try East St. Louis where you are safer without the police escort
DragonClaw
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Why? Because they see EMS there too help and police as some gang with a badge?
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Haha, I feel the same way every time gun talk starts on here. Tangents run amuck so easily and the two groups coincide.
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