To be honest this job is alot like working on engines,
tuning and rebuilding, testing
alot of ups and downs, coworkers are just like the
folks on the list and at the salt, some have mastered the
clinical picture and can do nearly anything without invasive
monitoring (ie no data acquisition), the old veteran staff
and their wisdom/experience is simply beyond comprehension
such as is Dave the Hayseeds-Tom Bryant- some more theoretical
like Dave Dahlgren
the data gathering is simply fascinating, with the many invasive lines
we use, various heart chambers and their pressures, intracranial
pressure monitoring, the labs indicating "rich-lean" and everything
inbetween, many many correlations to the internal combustion
engine
and all striving for the same result-in the hospital to get the person down
the black line of life again and in the best possible condition- no different
than
what all us landracers are striving to do-make the best of our equipment
and get down the black line to the best of our ability
yes some have cubic dollars and "enhancements" (in medical and racing)
that others cannot afford but the fun factor is all about doing the most out
of what you have got
PS. the best freind of the man who passed on from the head injuries
has always had one thing that he has always left out there to do...
any guesses?...go to Bonneville!! something tells me he will be making
the trip soon...
Joe
paul bland wrote:
> Joe, it occurs to me that for the most part we never fully realise how lucky
> we are, I'm as guilty as the rest in that respect, allways finding something
> to moan about, too much work, not enough cash, shitty weather etc... then a
> story such as your last posting brings me down to earth with a bang, for those
> of us lucky enough to be invovled in motorsports, we are truly a lot better
> off than an awfull lot of people. I'm also lucky in so far as (please take
> this the right way) I don't have your job, it's certainly a job I couldn't do
> as it needs to be done, you have my admiration for that! As far as allways
> wearing a helmet goes, I couldn't agree more, before I saw sense and started
> racing dragsters, I raced bikes for many years, I had a crash in 86 in the
> rain, the bike got sideways and "highsided" me, I landed on the back of my
> head and broke my neck, I'm fine now (my wife wouldn't agree!) but I'm sure
> the quality helmet I was wearing saved my life, and whilst people demand their
> freedom of choice not to wear a helmet, it's not them that have to do Joe's
> job afterwards!
> again my admiration, well done, Paul.
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