MERT flight April 2010

[Al R]

I'm trying to track down anyone who may have flown a MERT flight on April 11th 2010 back into Bastion. I'm assuming it was an Odiham unit. Can anyone offer me a few pointers about where to start or who may be able to help, etc? The reason is genuine, your passenger on the return leg of the journey needs some background for a book, that's all.

Many thanks.

[FutureIsHelos]

Al R - check your private messages

[Al R]

Incredible, and responded. Thank you.

[wokkamate]

You should have got a PM from someone who can help. :ok:

[Al R]

I have.. and if it was you who put it on the Chinook Facebook page, thank you.

What an absolutely amazing result, and at Christmas too. One or two others reading this, I know, are aware of his journey and Shaun has so much to be grateful that folk of your calibre were there for him when he needed them. To that list, we can now add one more. Shaun's partner gave birth to a little boy on Christmas Day too, with groundbreaking surgery, so the effort made on that day will go on being rewarded.

Ex-soldier shows BBC secrets behind his style - BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38335148)

Blind veteran Shaun Stocker 'closing chapter' on recovery - BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-34751262)

Soldier who lost testicles, legs and sight after stepping on bomb becomes dad on Christmas Day - Mirror Online (http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/soldier-who-lost-testicles-legs-7110680)

[Tashengurt]

That's pretty amazing stuff. All the more so that in the midst of saving his life the medics were thinking of his future.

[Davef68]

Remarkable, well done to the Docs to even think of prioritising this

[Evalu8ter]

What a wonderful story of skill, courage and hope.

For those that haven't seen it, this is a powerful video...

Lessons from the Battlefield - DAS SMACC (http://www.smacc.net.au/2016/11/lessons-from-the-battlefield/)

[Avtur]

Powerful indeed. Amazing people.

[Wander00]

An amazing story of personal courage, and brilliant thinking by the medics. I am lost in admiration

[Al R]

Shaun and his pilot on that day had a good catch up today. I told him he'd never complain about women drivers again. Thank you PPRuNe and Facebook.

[tartare]

Was the Chinook driver a woman?
What guts - incredible guy.

[Al R]

Yes. And she didn't spare the horses.

This was on yesterday afternoon, in a similar vein (awesomeness in the skies), and well worth a listen.

BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Drama, Mercury 13 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04pss4s)

[MightyGem]

For those that haven't seen it, this is a powerful video...

Hmm..can't see the video. Anyone have a link to it on Vimeo?

[AnglianAV8R]

Hmm..can't see the video. Anyone have a link to it on Vimeo?
Lessons from the Battlefield - DAS SMACC (http://www.smacc.net.au/2016/11/lessons-from-the-battlefield/) Ah, that didn't work. Trying again.... www.smacc.net.au/2016/11/lessons-from-the-battlefield/Lessons from the Battlefield-DAS SMACC


Looks like a partial link, but it seems to work at this end.

[BossEyed]

Shaun and his pilot on that day had a good catch up today. I told him he'd never complain about women drivers again. Thank you PPRuNe and Facebook.

PPRuNe (and FB) get a lot of stick, not always unfairly.

But I am already agog by that one-liner and am desperate to know more. :D :ok:

[MightyGem]

Thanks, Anglian. I get that link ok, I just get "Invalid meta for Vimeo" in the video window.

[Sky Sports]

Was the pilot Bianca?

[hippocrates]

Cheers for your help with this Al.
One of my proudest days as a surgeon was seeing Shaun walk down the aisle at his wedding.
The challenge now, in these times of further cuts to medical personnel, is to never forget the lessons that i and others have learnt and that are written in the blood, sweat and tears of patients, doctors, nurses, MERT medical and aircrew, CCAST medical and aircrew, the WM Police outriders that treated every patient as a Presidential motorcade on the journey from C17 to RCDM in WM NHS ambulances any time 24/7 and everyone else that played their part in what was probably the most impressive aeromed pathway in the world at that time.
The collaboration of military and NHS medical and nursing staff that is the RCDM would not have had such good results if the patients had not arrived in such good shape. Often better than they left Bastion.
Merry Christmas,
Hippo

[air pig]

Cheers for your help with this Al.
One of my proudest days as a surgeon was seeing Shaun walk down the aisle at his wedding.
The challenge now, in these times of further cuts to medical personnel, is to never forget the lessons that i and others have learnt and that are written in the blood, sweat and tears of patients, doctors, nurses, MERT medical and aircrew, CCAST medical and aircrew, the WM Police outriders that treated every patient as a Presidential motorcade on the journey from C17 to RCDM in WM NHS ambulances any time 24/7 and everyone else that played their part in what was probably the most impressive aeromed pathway in the world at that time.
The collaboration of military and NHS medical and nursing staff that is the RCDM would not have had such good results if the patients had not arrived in such good shape. Often better than they left Bastion.
Merry Christmas,
Hippo

Hippo, are writing the book as a personal account or is it a medical textbook of trauma management.

I totally agree with your sentiments that the knowledge learnt does not have to be re-learnt in 10 years time.

Have a wonderful Christmas.

[AnglianAV8R]

Moved to tears.

Bless you. Every last one in the chain, as described by Hippocrates.

May you all have peaceful Christmases for the rest of your days.

[November4]

Moved to tears.

Glad I am not the only one.

What we ask of our young men and women...

Those who walk the walk, those that have to pick them up, those who try and fix them after and those who support them....

Just incredible.