Scanner user saves a life

[WB3DYE]

Transporting a kidney proved to be more difficult than transplanting it for one UPMC surgeon.

Dr. Martin Wijkstrom, a transplant surgeon at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, had two jobs on Wednesday: transport a kidney from Pittsburgh to a hospital about 110 miles north in Erie, then perform the livesaving transplant.

Good Samaritan transports surgeon, donor kidney nearly 2 hours for surgery after flat tire

 

[ipfd320]

im a bit lost on the story--the police were called--why didnt the pd unit take the doc & Organ-would have made it alot faster 1 and 2 there was no mention if this scanner guy waited for pd or just jumped and run and the cop showed up with no one around---something aint right with this story

 

[mule1075]

im a bit lost on the story--the police were called--why didnt the pd unit take the doc & Organ-would have made it alot faster 1 and 2 there was no mention if this scanner guy waited for pd or just jumped and run and the cop showed up with no one around---something aint right with this story

Unlikely a PD unit from the Pittsburgh area is going to drive to Erie. Absolutely nothing wrong with the story.

 

[iMONITOR]

I think that might have justified the PD calling for a helicopter, theirs, the hospital's, news station's, someone's? No mention of rembursing the volenteer for his time and gas. That's four hours on the road!

 

[ten13]

But Dostlik, feeling uncomfortable with the organ sitting behind him, asked the doctor if he could put the organ box in the trunk instead.

Eh, yeah, right.....

If the doc said, no, I want it in the car with me, would the "scanner listener" tell him to get out of the car, with the kidney?

Apparently, this guy likes listening to emergencies, just not participating in them.

 

[iMONITOR]

But Dostlik, feeling uncomfortable with the organ sitting behind him, asked the doctor if he could put the organ box in the trunk instead.

I don't think I'd be comfortable with someone else's "ORGAN" "BEHIND" me either!

 

[johnnyelectron]

I think that might have justified the PD calling for a helicopter, theirs, the hospital's, news station's, someone's? No mention of rembursing the volenteer for his time and gas. That's four hours on the road!

IF he's a Ham Operator, you cannot accept any gratuities for ham-related activities. Now watch someone turn this story around into the need for encryption?

 

[n3obl]

Yeah there a whole lot missing with this story. In most cases in pittsburgh usually CORE contracts with local ambulance services to move surgeons and organs between hospitals and airports.

 

[mule1075]

IF he's a Ham Operator, you cannot accept any gratuities for ham-related activities. Now watch someone turn this story around into the need for encryption?

1. Not really a ham related activity.

2. Nobody probably would not have said anything until you mentioned it.

 

[riccom]

1. Not really a ham related activity.

2. Nobody probably would not have said anything until you mentioned it.

Encrypt ham radio lol

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[ipfd320]

Dont laugh it just might happen somewhere in the ham spectrum

 

[Hans13]

IF he's a Ham Operator, you cannot accept any gratuities for ham-related activities.

That's not true.

 

[radio3353]

Dont laugh it just might happen somewhere in the ham spectrum

Example??

 

[mikewazowski]

Thread totally derailed.