From: R. A. Moir aka RAM (cyclopsram@starband.net)
Date: Tue Feb 11 2003 - 06:38:53 PST
Attaboy Hank... I had the same response in mind, but you beat me to it !!
I had a seatbelt in my 56 Chevy from JC Whitney and have not been without
them since... I was also a Charter EMT in the Commonvealth of MA when the
local Funeral Homes still responded with the hearse to transport the dead
and injured to the hospital... You've come a long way baby and I appreciate
the services that modern EMS provide... Here in Vermont there are even
driver courses for the EMTs and Paramedics to make their profession even
more roadworthy...RAM
----- Original Message -----
From: "Henry J. Fackovec" <hfackovec@easternems.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 07:56
Subject: Re: [MV] M728 question - mechanical (Flame)
>
> Dear "Jay"
>
> That's it, I am sick of the garbage that is spread here.
>
> First: There is no such thing as an " Ambulance Driver" At least not
> since 1974. By Federal DOT and State regulation Ambulances are staffed
> by licensed EMTs or Paramedics. (Unless you live in a third world
> country in which case disreguard the following)
>
> I have worked in several EMS systems over the last 23 years and while
> there are good Paramedics and Bad Paramedics, I know very few lazy ones
> at an accident scene. (Try to get them to clean the bunkroom, or make a
> fresh pot of coffee, that's another story...).
>
> Second: Seatbelts ARE there to save your life. Your best chance of
> surviving an impact comes from being retained inside the structure of
> the vehicle. One of the points that I stress when I meet a new driver,
> and to new employees is that in 23 years " I have never unbuckled a dead
> body." I have found them in the street, in trees, under seats (usually
> babies that were not in car seats), thrown 100 yards from a Corvette
> into oncoming traffic (The autopsy showed that he would have mearly been
> a parapeligic had he not gotten run over by 2 other cars) ... Making
> irresponsible statements like yours KILLS people. If you like I can
> point you to stats about morbidity and mortality secondary to vehicle
> impacts.
>
> "Buckle Up"
>
> HJ Fackovec
> Chief of Technical Services
> Eastern EMS
>
> Retired NYC EMS Paramedic
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On
> Behalf Of J Travis
> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 12:16 AM
> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [MV] M728 question - mechanical
>
>
> It's like seat belts. They don't put them in the car because they care
> about your health; the ambulance driver is just to lazy to have to go
> look for the body!
>
> Jay Travis
>
> Rikk Rogers wrote:
>
> >Yea, they can help when you run your creeper under the moving duals and
>
> >shoot yourself into the shop wall.
> >
> >rikk
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org]On
> >Behalf Of Patrick Jankowiak
> >Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 10:51 PM
> >To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
> >Subject: Re: [MV] M728 question - mechanical
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Everette wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Lots of possibilities -- axle bearings, as he suspects, ring and
> >>pinion, inner bearings, pinion bearing, spider gears, One of these
> >>stethoscope things might be handy for pinpointing where noise is
> >>coming from -- NO I
> >>
> >>
> >do
> >
> >
> >>not mean ride creeper under vehicles as it goes down road, jack it up
> >>and secure very good put in gear and run engine.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >AND ALWAYS HAVE A HELPER STANDING BY READY WHEN DOING A DANGEROUS JOB
> >LIKE THAT!
> >
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