Hermann's Life Flight program was only the 2nd of its kind in the country. It was very iconic and well known. This was a time when most cities were just starting to have paramedics ride in ambulances to treat trauma victims. When many people and companies were ignoring Vietnam Vets or outright reviling them, Dr. Duke hired Vietnam Helicopter Pilots to fly his Life Flight Helicopters. Why? Because they could land anywhere. I met Dr. Duke when I was in nursing school in the Texas Medical Center. He was a legend in his own time, and it was an honor to meet a man who had done so much for the community and frankly, for the country, as this Life Flight was one of the most well known in the nation at the time.
We r considering a move from oklahoma to sugarland. we have a level 1 in okc so hosps and lifeflights are very imp to us i dont care what it costs, i cannot place a dollar amt on my husbands life,
Life Flight air ambulance may be great, but I'll bet those families are paying for it the rest of their lives. For our family, a 20-minute ride, from one Memorial Hermann hospital to Children's Memorial Hermann in downtown Houston -- just 11 miles for a child that was already stabilized, we were charged over $6,000, equivalent to a five-hour stay in the Emergency Room. A standard ambulance, which we were not offered, would have cost less than $1,500. Just out-and-out greed on the part of this "non-profit".
How was he stable, are you a medic. Paramedic dont call life flight for nothing. How about shut up and be greatful, he living. It not free and it will never be.
Mike, Life Flight doesn't decide to fly a patient, the sending doctor consults with the receiving doctor and they decide mode of transport to the receiving facility.
@@jackshover7290 And that's as it should be-- if you use the wrong means of transportation, critical seconds and minutes could be lost; you have to know the quickest way between the two points (also the safest).
I'm an RN. We didn't call out the helicopters to fly patients that were stable and could go by ambulance. They were used when minutes if not seconds matter and only in the most emergent cases. We never made the decision to transport a patient lightly. Also, neither I, nor the air ambulance attendants decided transport. That decision is made by the treating physicians at the sending and receiving hospital. I'm thankful for these programs, as people are alive who wouldn't be if they went by ground. How much was your child's life worth? To me, a child's life is priceless!
Hermann's Life Flight program was only the 2nd of its kind in the country. It was very iconic and well known. This was a time when most cities were just starting to have paramedics ride in ambulances to treat trauma victims.
When many people and companies were ignoring Vietnam Vets or outright reviling them, Dr. Duke hired Vietnam Helicopter Pilots to fly his Life Flight Helicopters. Why? Because they could land anywhere. I met Dr. Duke when I was in nursing school in the Texas Medical Center. He was a legend in his own time, and it was an honor to meet a man who had done so much for the community and frankly, for the country, as this Life Flight was one of the most well known in the nation at the time.
Life flight saved two of my buddies in 1979ish
Rip Dr. Duke
We r considering a move from oklahoma to sugarland. we have a level 1 in okc so hosps and lifeflights are very imp to us i dont care what it costs, i cannot place a dollar amt on my husbands life,
Life Flight air ambulance may be great, but I'll bet those families are paying for it the rest of their lives. For our family, a 20-minute ride, from one Memorial Hermann hospital to Children's Memorial Hermann in downtown Houston -- just 11 miles for a child that was already stabilized, we were charged over $6,000, equivalent to a five-hour stay in the Emergency Room. A standard ambulance, which we were not offered, would have cost less than $1,500. Just out-and-out greed on the part of this "non-profit".
How was he stable, are you a medic. Paramedic dont call life flight for nothing. How about shut up and be greatful, he living. It not free and it will never be.
Mike, Life Flight doesn't decide to fly a patient, the sending doctor consults with the receiving doctor and they decide mode of transport to the receiving facility.
If he was stable they wouldn’t have used a helicopter. It wasn’t even life flight’s decision either it was the doctor’s.
@@jackshover7290 And that's as it should be-- if you use the wrong means of transportation, critical seconds and minutes could be lost; you have to know the quickest way between the two points (also the safest).
I'm an RN. We didn't call out the helicopters to fly patients that were stable and could go by ambulance. They were used when minutes if not seconds matter and only in the most emergent cases. We never made the decision to transport a patient lightly. Also, neither I, nor the air ambulance attendants decided transport. That decision is made by the treating physicians at the sending and receiving hospital. I'm thankful for these programs, as people are alive who wouldn't be if they went by ground. How much was your child's life worth? To me, a child's life is priceless!