Here’s Duke’s experience with the media:
TFTC Feb 1
The other night we had a call that an urgent patient was coming in from an outside base that was going immediately to surgery. We met the patient at the flight line. We backed our ambulance up to tail of the C-130, engines running. We boarded the aircraft to get the patient, a Marine, who was intubated (breathing tube inserted) because of his level of consciousness. The flight nurse and his buddy, another Marine, were taking turns bagging, breathing for, the injured Marine. We transferred the Marine to the ambulance and drove to the hospital. I took over the bagging while we traveled. As we got out of the ambulance and entered the ER, the docs, nurses, and tech were all waiting and descended on the injured like a group of mother hens all eager to help. I continued to bag as they set up the ventilator. There was a bright light in the ER tonight. It was a TV camera. There was a film crew from one of the networks who wanted to document what we did. They like to follow a patient all the way along the process: point of injury (almost never done, haven
2 responses so far ↓
1 J. Mark English // Feb 2, 2007 at 9:52 am
I love the blog that you have. I was wondering if you would link my blog to yours and in return I would do the same for your blog. If you want to, my site name is American Legends and the URL is:
http://www.americanlegends.blogspot.com
If you want to do this just go to my blog and in one of the comments just write your blog name and the URL and I will add it to my site.
Thanks,
Mark
2 Karen DiProspero // Feb 2, 2007 at 11:50 am
Dear Kirk: I learned of your deployment through my sister-in-law Betsey. I had read your blog in 2005 when Marc was there with you. Your friendship and perspectives were a constant source of encouragement to him, and to us, as we rejoiced with him in the brother-in-Christ God provided for him in you.
It brought tears to my eyes to see that you have dedicated your TFTC 2007 to Marc. Thank you for honoring him in that way.
I am so thankful not only for how you ministered to my brother, but for how God has continued the flow of His blessings through you and Kim, to Betsey, Jeanette, Bart, Scott and Phil.
I will pray for you and your family while you are away from them. Thank you for serving our country and for being Christ’s ambassador in Iraq.
Sincerely, Karen