grimmie

I see you live in Seattle. Local jumpers Stuart Ono and Steve Platt (Splat) could point you in the right direction if you know them. Ask at your DZ to find out who is in the EMS field. They can put you in touch with a reliable provider. There are many good first aid courses and some just OK. Once you have the basics it would be good to discuss trauma treatment for skydiver injuries with a local jumper in the field.

It was in "parachutist", I'll look to see if i have that issue.

I have been contacted by many of you regarding the EMS training I conduct at Skydive Perris. Thanks everyone and DVD's are on the way. I started this course 16 years ago for the Eloy FD after a two fatality day. The local FD was pissed off beyond belief and wanted the DZ to be shut down. After meeting with them and conducting the training, the guys had a way better understanding of jumping. The training is geared towards the local fire department, ambulance company and emergency helicopter crews. We train the closest 5 fire stations to the DZ, all 3 shifts. The training includes a thorough skydiving gear section, how the gear works and things to be aware of in an emergency. I have a "carnage" video to show the different types of mechanism of injury for different situations. Swoops gone bad, mid air freefall and canopy collisions, two out, canopy stalls etc. We discuss local protocols, treatment and answer their MANY qustions. Finally we put a jumper in a rig, simulate a scenario and remove them from the gear, WITHOUT CUTTING ANYTHING. I show them all the ways to remove gear without cutting, and ways to c-spine and backboard a jumper efficiently. We go out to the hangar and show them the different aircraft, where the fuel is, where the exit doors and hatch handles are and discuss the different ways to access the DZ. They meet the guys that run the badspot vehicles and other DZ staff members. We cover helicopter landing areas and air ops in the event of a helicopter needed. We have another question and answer period and then a written test. They receive continuing education credits for the course. I know many DZ's have their own jumping doctors, nurses, EMT's, firemen and medics. I urge all of you to review your DZ safety plan. If you don't have one or need help, please let me know. I'll be glad to assist if I can in any way. And please, if you guys think of things to add, let me know. The best thing a DZ can do is have a GREAT working relationship with the local FD and police departments and ambulance. I'll be conducting this again, this time at Skydive Elsinore for their closest 5 stations soon. I'll keep you guys posted. The other thing I urge ALL jumpers to do is take a basic first aid course. A few simple things learned could be the difference between life or death for someone. Fly safe everyone.

I urge everyone in skydiving to take a basic first aid course. The Perris FD ( all 3 shifts, the closest 5 stations) plus the Mercy Air helicopter crews are trained on skydive specific injuries and how to treat them every two years. If your Dz would like a training DVD of the course I will mail it to you free of charge.

http://www.newt.org/solutions/protecting-life-and-religious-liberty Newt wants to defund Planned Parenthood, and protect the states from killing granny. Really? My son is in 8th grade public school. They learn about all the religions of the world and how they started and were spread. It's called World History. Homeschooled kids here in California have access to all sorts of taxpayer funded after school activities. Newt wants "Change" on day one...

Maybe if the parties worked together for the people, not themselves, we would have leadership.

Looks like the economy is rebounding nicely.

I knew you would catch on to this...

He should have been impeached over Iran-Contra. The staunchest of supporters can't argue that.

What if Obama sent a guy to Iraq to sell them WMD's, or took credit for Russia collapsing, or was running an illegal war in Nicaragua. What if Obama declared Afghanistan Freedom Fighter Day, or turned a blind eye and joked about a new deadly disease? More Dem talking points

More "lefty" talking points

dispute one thing I mentioned with a fact.

I have been cracking up lately at political posts on the internet. One of the greatest inventions was a "comments" section under articles on the web. Like or dislike Obama, there are some pretty off base and far out comments people like to regurgitate about him. Muslim, Socialist, Anti Christ, etc. I started thinking about Reagan, and what the attack machine would look like against him. Reagan couldn't speak without a teleprompter, the Pope was worried he was the Anti Christ, he and his wife belived in the occult and fortune telling, he negotiated with terrorists, he tripled the defecit, he put every traveler at a high risk by firing the PATCO controllers, he slashed funding and put homeless mental patients out into society, he funded an ilegal war in Central America, torturing and killing thousands, he wasted billions on a defense system out of the movies that never could work, he raised the debt limit many times, could you imagine if Obama did all of these things that the GOP worships Oh yeah, and could you imagine if Biden became president next and pardoned all of the illegal operators of the administration! GOP'ers heads would explode. Ronald Reagan, the POTUS that brought you Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and the Bush family.

He's toast because he is a liar and a cheat in all matters, not just his personal life.

Republicans want to kill collective bargaining, establish no mimimum wage, kill benefits and turn the USA into the haves and have nots. Republicans are the party of really bad ideas, the Democrats are the party of no ideas.

Civil War here we come... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45762201/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/

Work at manifest. You'll start hating all of your friends real soon

Since when did GHWB ever give a shit about the UN? When he was VP the Hague ordered the USA to pay reparations to Nicaragua after their trial regarding funding and training the Contras. The US didn't pay a dime. That clip of him crying is nice, he didn't give a fuck about all of the innocent people being brutalized by the CIA trained rebels in Nica. At his direction. The difference between the old man and the son is, the old man was smart enough to know what he was doing. The son was too stupid to realize what everyone around him was doing. They should both be sharing a cell in Guantanamo Bay. And to think I voted for the old man.

I thought you were calling us that because you thought we were in favor of the Rhys theory. I guess your lame attempt at humor was lost on me, sorry.

Hmmm Which groups regulary act out the traing they are getting? Westboro Baptist Church Aryan Nations Kingdom Identity Ministries Crips Bloods Mexican Mafia KKK The list goes on and on of groups that teach their children bullshit right here in the good ol' US of A. Again, what's your point? Is this bad because it's the Muslim faith or is it just bad because it is bad?

And we have "christian identity" groups here in the USA that spout equal amounts of bullshit. We have gang bangers that spout bullshit to their kids. What's your point?

And after that he will get right on helping build houses for the Katrina victims.

If you are calling me a nanothermite twin, I suggest you retract that lame statement. Now back to the Bush family. Dad should be in jail for his dealings in the Iran-Contra affair and for pardoning of all of his cronies.

Thanks for reinforcing my point.

That's hilarious. The UN. You mean the organization that told GWB they couldn't find any WMD's?