Once upon a time I was the Fixed Wing Chief Pilot for a very prominent Air Ambulance operation that killed no less than five people and cut another guy's hand off in less than a year. And based on that experience my advice is this... NEVER get on a helicopter unless you are bleeding out. I repeat. Never. Unless you are bleeding out and about to die anyway.
My dad was airlifted to hospital when I was 10. He fell off a 20+ foot ladder flat on his back at a construction job. The doctors at the hospital thought he wasn't ever going to walk again. We later find out, he broke his spine in 2 places but had NO damages to his spinal cord. Thanks to the spinal treatment from the paramedics, he walked out of the hospital. I'm 20 years old now and he can run and walk better than ever. I have so much respect for air ambulances and thank them for taking care of my dad and keeping him calm during the flight to the hospital.
Air Ornge is a common sound and sight here in Norfolk County, Ontario. Countless lives have been saved by the accessibility of emergency care through Air Ornge and their skilled paramedics. We are so grateful for ever single flight they make here to assist trauma victims.
So cool seeing the whole process our patients go through before they come to our ICU. We work very closely with Ornge paramedics! Great video, & hope you're enjoying your trip!
To Dr. Siobhan (Violin MD) and to the first responders I thank you for your sacrifice, service, and devotion in all that you do and have done for those who are in need of medical help, Thank you!
Can I just say I really appreciate you showing the whole day as it was not just the highlights. So many content creators would chop and change to only show the exciting bits but the reality is that things don’t go as planned, things get cancelled or we can’t do something for various reasons. I really appreciate how genuine and authentic you are!
I love this flight paramedics. I’ve been save three times because of them. 2 for a heart attacks and 1 going into a Cardiac Arrest. I’ve flown a total of 5 times in a helicopter and once in a jet. Each and every time was an emergency and I am so very lucky and great full to be alive. I owe this men and women so much and I thank them for everything they do. You’re awesome Siobhan and we love you hun. Thank you for everything you do and stand for. Sending love from Colorado Springs CO.
In Australia we have similar issues - we're a huge country with hundreds of kilometres between major capital city hospitals, creating a challenge for accident and emergency treatment in rural areas. The Flying Doctor, a charity that's been going for decades, flies to injured or severely ill patients in remote areas and evacuates them to hospital, but there's never enough money to help everyone. We also have medical evacuation helicopters that sometimes have corporate sponsorship because that's the only way to fund them. The staff of all these services do an amazing job!
My brother (an Emergency Specialist) doesn't go out on the helicopters as much as he used to, but he absolutely loved working on them. It helps if you're a bit of an adrenaline junkie! Now he controls them from the ground mainly, but will go out any chance he gets. I can't even get on a helicopter such is my fear of heights and flying. I hope you enjoyed your day with the crew.
I’ve been watching your channel for years and as a Paramedic I was SO excited to see you shadow these two! I’m a street medic but still, super cool! Maybe you could ride along with a ground crew one of these days as well. I feel like what we do is sometimes not entirely understood by both the public and the rest of the healthcare system at large so it might a good education opportunity! :)
Omg! Thank you so much for highlighting the important work ORNGE does…. these guys are amazing. I was an ambulance dispatcher in Lindsay and frequently spoke to 7799 on the radio. I also live in Peterborough and worked at PRHC! You rock. Thank you for this insight. 😊
I joined the same station on Toronto Island last year as part of my EMS fellowship, and I have always been fascinated by what they do as flight paramedics.
About a year ago my Dad had to be transported in a flight like this after he was in a fire. He spent 41 days in the Burn ICU. He survived thanks to people like these flight paramedics! They were his angels!!
My daughter had to be rushed by helicopter when she was diagnosed with Leukemia at 14months old. I was terrified but the helicopter pilot and emergency personal on the helicopter made me feel at ease. The pilot even came in with me and sat next to me holding my hand for the time the ICU was trying to figure out everything. He said when they cure your daughter tell her she gets a free helicopter rode anytime she wants.
Cool video. Most folks don't know that flight paramedics are elite healthcare officers. They are ready for almost anything. The helicopter is a great tool to get them to the scene swiftly. Aorta dissection? Hope the guy made it. Thanks for the videos!!👍❤️
Absolutely "Angels of the Sky" I am retired from emergency services in the US, have had to call upon Chopper Evac many times in 30 years. Thank you for what you do, God Bless and Stay safe
I’m currently in my dietetic internship so it’s so interesting to learn how these professions work. It really makes you appreciate everyone’s job no matter how small you think it is
As a former nursing student (had to leave sadly) I love your show. Your kindness and understanding are paramount skills. Never forget to listen to your patients or loose your empathy. Good luck in your career!
My Sweet Mom was a Volunteer Nurse for over 55 years after starting out as a Candy Striper while still in High School. I remember her always talking about a certain Hospital that she worked at because she was involved with the Medevac Helicopter Team. She never went out on the runs but her stories of them and her enthusiasm about them reminds me of you Siobhan! This was such an exciting video! Cheers From Ohio
I absolutely loved this video! I went to medic school with plans to become a flight medic. Unfortunately, a few weeks before graduation I became pregnant and spent the next 9 months in the hospital from complications. I never did get to fulfill my dream, but loved watching!!!
I've watched your channel prior to becoming a Paramedic student and it is so cool to see how far you have come as a doctor. I still remember your videos when you were a student and this is so amazing to see how far you have come! I'm also so happy you spent the time with Ornge to understand/learn/show the full circle of care including those who work in Critical Care Paramedicine. I hope that you eventually get a chance to ride out with a Paramedic service in Ontario so you can see what it really is like to jump on a PCP/ACP truck! Maybe one day, I might even bump into you when I graduate from school and get on the road! All the best Siobhan, absolute class!
I was fixed wing pilot for Ornge for just over a year. I have some videos on my channel, of the fixed wing pilot side of the operation. Definitely one of the most rewarding jobs one can have in aviation. I had the pleasure of working with Evan in Thunder Bay some years ago. All the flight paramedics are true hero's, they're all the best and I enjoyed working with them all so much. The people there were the best part of the job.
I know this is Canada due to how they say - out.... These men & women are superhuman. They are critical to the health care chain of treatment.... My hometown has Healthnet here at our local airport. That service can deliver a patient to the nearest Trauma Hospital in minutes. The drive would take over an hour with good weather and light traffic.. A pilot for this outfit told me they can make the trip in 21 minutes. Faster with a tail wind. Impressive!!! Life saving!!!.... A much needed service to the community. It is expensive, but how much is your life worth?? These flights have a trauma nurse and a combat trained paramedic. He is a former Army medic.. These folks are unreal in what they do everyday!!!! Very well trained and professional during the worst of times.. YET, they deliver day in and day out.... Thank you all!.
Excited to see this! I am a Child Life Specialist and would love to see you shadow one of us some day. 🤞 Our role is such a powerful part of pediatrics, yet so few people know we exist!
@@bethsadventures2791 they work with pediatric patients to explain procedures, tests, surgeries, etc in ways kiddos can understand. They do way more than that but that’s a big part of their job.
@@bethsadventures2791 We work with kids to make the hospital experience less traumatizing for them. So explaining procedures and diagnoses, supporting them during procedures, reducing the use of restraint when possible, creating positive experiences for kids who are hospitalized, as well as psychosocial support at end of life.
I spent 21 years as a Mobile Intensive Care paramedic in NJ. So excited you got to have a glimpse of our world! I was a "street" medic, i.e., not aeromedical. In NJ we have a tiered response, meaning BLS (ambulances staffed with EMTs) and ALS (non-transport chase vehicles staffed with paramedics) are dispatched separately, and ALS only gets sent to calls which are life or limb threatening, or if an on-scene emergency services provider (police, fire, EMS) specifically requests them. We are specialists, unlike in most other states where medics run a mix of BLS and ALS level calls. The medics are also required by state law to be based in and employed by a hospital system. The one I worked for had an ED residency program, and the residents were required to ride a certain number of shifts with the street crews and do 1-2 shifts with the flight crews. Most of the resident docs were excited to have a "day off", although many learned that we work pretty hard and under some rigorous conditions at times. We loved having them ride along because we found they treated us more respectfully after their ride alongs, and we had better rapport.
I am glad to see doctors shadowing EMS agencies and providers. I feel we can both learn a lot from each other when a doctor rides on my truck. They can teach me more about medicine and how what we do in the field translates to what happens in the hospital, and how we can work together better. Then, in turn, I can teach them about the challenges of working in an uncontrolled environment and trying to bring the ED to that environment. So much learning on both sides, and I feel it should be required for all doctors and EMS providers to at least have an experience in the other world to learn what each other does.
I always enjoy listening to the first timers descriptions of the various facets of flying EMS. I started flying EMS in the 80's, and retired in 2010. I was a helicopter pilot. Good luck in your chosen profession 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
My Dad, (a Special Ops Rescue Paramedic and IC with NSW Ambulance) used to work for CareFlight. This sort of stuff is right up his alley! He'd love this video! Congrats on your graduation!
as a scribe in the ER, i adore paramedics! they’re so dedicated to what they do, they’re all so cool and hilarious, and they tell THE best stories you will ever hear! i have such a deep respect for what they do and i really hope to shadow paramedics one day!
Orange transported my son 7 years ago after he became critically I’ll. Thanks fully they got him to LHSC in time to save his life. We never met “;Bob” his air paramedic but I would have loved to say thank you some day. ❤
Hi and thanks for sharing this Dr Shioban. I had a horrible car accident (the other driver fell asleep behind the wheel) and was air lifted to the trauma center. I had my eyes closed when paramedics were working on me (so not to panic) and didn’t realize I was air lifted until they told me later in the hospital.
I have so much respect for everyone that works on a rescue helicopter. Years ago our cousins had a house fire. One of the children was severely burnt. We honestly thought he wasn't going to survive. Thanks to everyone on that helicopter that night they got the family to a bigger hospital. The child is now an adult and alive and kicking now. I think that if we didn't have the helicopter rescue the boy wouldn't be here today. They save so many lives. I feel for them because of all the trauma they deal with. It must be very hard to try put it to the back of your mind and deal with all the emotions etc away from work. Thank you for posting this video.
I used to live in the flight path of my local hospitals helipad. Hearing and seeing those Ornge helicopters coming in always gave me chills. I'm so excited for the upcoming videos! They're even more interesting as a Canadian (and former Ontarian) nurse! Keep em coming!
I’m actually a vol firefighter so I deal with flight paramedics a lot and they have got to be the coolest most humble people ever thank god for them they help make my job a little easier
I am a medical lab technician and I love watching your videos to see how the rest of the hospital interacts! I would love to see you shadow a lab technician and see the behind the scenes of bloodwork results!
It's awesome your service uses the AW139. We switched to those from the EC155 at the Maryland State Police about 5 years ago. It's like EMS in a school bus! Best platform I've ever flown in.
What a delightful surprise! I dispatched ambulance in Hamilton for almost a decade in the 90's and later worked for CritiCall, so I've had lots of interaction with the crews on 799 and agents at Ornge. I'm now in a whole other line of work these days but all paramedics, air and ground, hold a special place in my heart. Thanks for showcasing them! ❤️🇨🇦⚕️
Heros all around. I know the criticality of an Aortic Dissection. Thanks to a good crew saved a two plus hour drive into an hour flight & emergency surgery (6 hours worth). That was three years ago & we have cherished every day since.
Hi Siobhan! Great to see you spread awareness through your videos!! It's inspiring, however I would love if you could add captions to your videos. It would be really helpful! Can't wait for the next video, take care!
Being a first responder for years it is still amazing to complain on scene care and hospital care…you have to be prepared for anything anytime. Great experience for you. Thanks for sharing.
Here in Australia we have the Royal Flying Doctor service, which offers a vast range of healthcare services from emergency response and transport to the most remote areas in the country, to mobile primary health care clinics in remote towns. They also do a lot of teaching and consulting. Since the outback is so vast and sparsely populated, the Flying Doctors truly are a vital part of living in rural Australia. Primarily, they operate fixed-wing aircraft, with special upgrades to allow them to land in makeshift dirt runways as well as an incredible amount of medical equipment. These planes can carry multiple patients and doctors at the same time as well, which is so important if something major has happened and help is hours away. They also recently bought some helicopters, but they are only in limited use at the moment.
Both my dad and my niece had to be airlifted to a hospital (seperate times) but both my dad and my sisters (nieces mom) said the medics in them were by far better than even the doctors in the hospital and how the did such an amazing job. These guys do such great work.
Love your content! Especially as its Canadian. Would enjoy seeing a video that describes how much sleep you get in a workday/week, the types of food you eat, how you manage keeping in touch with peeps in your life, person chores, etc. I've always been curious how you manage these every-day tasks while working. Cheers from New Brunswick.
Love your videos! I’m watching in England, and it’s awesome seeing both the similarities and differences in the way the healthcare systems work! Hope you’re having a fantastic hike! Xx
That was amazing! I’m doing my Advanced Care Paramedic training right now and want to specialize as a flight medic and I was as excited as you were for the entire video! I just discovered your channel and I love it! Thanks for taking the time to share your journey and experiences
Congratulations on finishing your residency! I bet it must feel amazing to be an attending after all of those years of hard work! I love your videos and your passion helped sparked my interest in continuing my nursing education and becoming a FNP so that I may be a primary care provider. Keep up the great work doc!
That's an awesome helicopter, the LifeFlight helicopters i used to watch land next to my hospital looked quite a bit smaller; they still folded everyone in. 👍🏾
Wow! I've lived the last decade mostly in those rural communities where we might get life-flighted to a bigger hospital and have never seen this side of it! Such an incredible thing.
Biomedical engineering is such an amazing career. There were some improved instruments I have not seen before. Some say better living through chemistry; truly its better healing through better mechanics.
Cant believe I have been watching you for YEARS and I still havent subcribed (which I literally just noticed as I was typing this and fixed that)... I have loved the journey and just hearing you say "Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Specialist" is a huge deal to me. Keep up the amazing videos! Love it!
Omg! The larger hospital you dropped the patient off at, is my local hospital!!!!! So cool. As a chronically Ill patient I have spent a lot of time in that hospital haha
Omg, this is an amazing video. I used to watch your videos years ago before I started my journey to becoming a retrieval specialist (the dr’s on board those helicopters). I’m hoping to do it through post-graduate medicine after I finish my paramedicine degree. Your video gave me those cute excited goosebumps! I can’t wait!
Interesting comparison to central europe. Our EMS helicopters are always staffed by doctors, mostly anesthesiologists, and the medics play an assistant role to both the pilot and the doctor and are also trained in mountain rescue for sling rescue under the helicopter.
I watched your video since you were first year medical student and to see you reach up to this stage really motivates me!. You're such an amazing personnnnnnn!!
I’m American, a former EMT in St. Louis. Our air medics are ARCH. STL is blessed with 3 level one adult trauma centers and 2 level one pediatric trauma centers. Because of that, and because of our centrality to most of the Midwest, ARCH flies several states to bring critical traumas back to St. Louis. Air medical saved a cousin’s life when she was involved in a multi fatality MVA. Mad respect for flight medics and nurses.
South Central Ontario/GTHA is the same; three Level One trauma centres (Toronto and Hamilton) and two pediatric trauma centres (one in Toronto and the other in Hamilton)
Really awesome video! You flew into Lindsay, it's one of the only hospitals for at least a hour to two hour radius, while bigger then Minden, it's definitely smaller then any hospital near the Toronto area. I am glad you spoke about access to these services . It was and is definitely terrifying to hear some of our emergency access was/is even more limited during COVID for multiple reasons. But it's good to know how capable and fast Ornge works . Thanks for sharing!
Awesome that you did this and see what the medics do. I’ve met so many doctors over the years that have no idea the things Medics can do and would not respect them.
When you said, "Internal Medicine and Rheumatology SPECIALIST" I smiled so long my cheeks started to hurt. I think being a flight physician would be an amazing job!
Hi, Siobhan! Long time channel lover here. Thank you for taking us along on your adventures. It is great to see, and your videos have been an inspiration through some tough times (cancer treatment and the pandemic as a HCW). Happy to report that I am applying to medical school soon and intend to specialize in EM.
6:14 I recognize that as Lindsay Airport, and I was flying into that airport one time (Aug 7) doing touch-and-go and saw an Ornge helicopter picking up a patient. Not sure if that was the flight you were on or not.
Thank you for calling out the inequity in remote and rural communities, having grown up small town I saw and felt the impact personally. More access for all! ❤️
Hello Violin MD. My pleasure to meet you. I'm glad to know that you are a health specialist and a doctor. I like your Doctor Shadowing Paramedic videos Violin. Thank you Violin. I want to see more medical videos of you
What a lot of people fail to realize (and that goes for people inside the healthcare system, too) is that paramedics are better trained and more proficient at emergency medicine than most doctors. Sure, after graduating med school you have a much more complete view of the entire field of medicine and after speciality training you will run laps around anybody outside of that field - but the field "anything that could kill in 30 minutes or less" is not a speciality doctors can choose. But this is where Paramedics put all of their "skill points". Plus, paramedics deal with environments that aren't pre-organized for the treatment of patients, which is a huge factor that is easy to understand when looking at a wrecked car, but just as complicated when inside a small flat cluttered with 50 years worth of memorabilia of the 80 year old patient. So, I guess what I'm saying is: Thank you for shining a light on these different professions inside the healthcare system. I liked your "shadowing a nurse" videos before and I hope you keep this stuff coming.
I used to get my con-ed credits with a medevac crew, it's great! We also have rapid infusion sets la;r;get; bore tubing but I've never used them pre-hospital.
I usually see them flying to St Mike’s in downtown Toronto. The only kind of urban noise I don’t complain about. You know that somebody is getting the best care and attention when you hear the chopper. Kudos.
If you liked this? Then check out my second day in the helicopter with Evan!!
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Once upon a time I was the Fixed Wing Chief Pilot for a very prominent Air Ambulance operation that killed no less than five people and cut another guy's hand off in less than a year. And based on that experience my advice is this... NEVER get on a helicopter unless you are bleeding out. I repeat. Never. Unless you are bleeding out and about to die anyway.
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@@mustafamustafa4193 Wow... That's the most erudite comment I've ever seen. Are you a scholar?
@Mustafa Mustafa Nope... Retired pilot.
"Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Specialist." I smiled when I heard that. I really love watching your journey! :)
same ❤ makes my heart so warm.
same
Same I’m so proud of her love watching her x
She must’ve been a kindergarten teacher or a children’s tv host in a former life. She’s just so pleasant
Right? It's so awesome to hear that after all those years!
My dad was airlifted to hospital when I was 10. He fell off a 20+ foot ladder flat on his back at a construction job. The doctors at the hospital thought he wasn't ever going to walk again. We later find out, he broke his spine in 2 places but had NO damages to his spinal cord.
Thanks to the spinal treatment from the paramedics, he walked out of the hospital. I'm 20 years old now and he can run and walk better than ever.
I have so much respect for air ambulances and thank them for taking care of my dad and keeping him calm during the flight to the hospital.
Is this truth or it ur useless sharid and showoff
Is this truth or it ur useless sharid and showoff
I hope he is fine
I love how humble you are and respect the other medical professionals that help the team run smoothly.
My friend's newborn was flown from a small hospital to Toronto and this made me tear up. I appreciate them more than I can describe
Air Ornge is a common sound and sight here in Norfolk County, Ontario. Countless lives have been saved by the accessibility of emergency care through Air Ornge and their skilled paramedics. We are so grateful for ever single flight they make here to assist trauma victims.
Same here in Haldimand County.
we're a common sound from fort severn to ottawa to windsor to kirkland lake, whether its the fleet of AW139 helicopters or the 8 PC12 airplanes
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@@Condor4R my mistake
So cool seeing the whole process our patients go through before they come to our ICU. We work very closely with Ornge paramedics! Great video, & hope you're enjoying your trip!
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I wouldn't want to go there and make the trip....
To Dr. Siobhan (Violin MD) and to the first responders I thank you for your sacrifice, service, and devotion in all that you do and have done for those who are in need of medical help, Thank you!
Can I just say I really appreciate you showing the whole day as it was not just the highlights.
So many content creators would chop and change to only show the exciting bits but the reality is that things don’t go as planned, things get cancelled or we can’t do something for various reasons. I really appreciate how genuine and authentic you are!
i agree!
I love this flight paramedics. I’ve been save three times because of them. 2 for a heart attacks and 1 going into a Cardiac Arrest. I’ve flown a total of 5 times in a helicopter and once in a jet. Each and every time was an emergency and I am so very lucky and great full to be alive. I owe this men and women so much and I thank them for everything they do. You’re awesome Siobhan and we love you hun. Thank you for everything you do and stand for. Sending love from Colorado Springs CO.
In Australia we have similar issues - we're a huge country with hundreds of kilometres between major capital city hospitals, creating a challenge for accident and emergency treatment in rural areas. The Flying Doctor, a charity that's been going for decades, flies to injured or severely ill patients in remote areas and evacuates them to hospital, but there's never enough money to help everyone. We also have medical evacuation helicopters that sometimes have corporate sponsorship because that's the only way to fund them. The staff of all these services do an amazing job!
My brother (an Emergency Specialist) doesn't go out on the helicopters as much as he used to, but he absolutely loved working on them. It helps if you're a bit of an adrenaline junkie! Now he controls them from the ground mainly, but will go out any chance he gets. I can't even get on a helicopter such is my fear of heights and flying. I hope you enjoyed your day with the crew.
Cool coment! :-)
As an ER nurse I have a tonne of exposure to the ORNGE crews; am always impressed by their skills.
I’ve been watching your channel for years and as a Paramedic I was SO excited to see you shadow these two! I’m a street medic but still, super cool! Maybe you could ride along with a ground crew one of these days as well. I feel like what we do is sometimes not entirely understood by both the public and the rest of the healthcare system at large so it might a good education opportunity! :)
Omg! Thank you so much for highlighting the important work ORNGE does…. these guys are amazing. I was an ambulance dispatcher in Lindsay and frequently spoke to 7799 on the radio. I also live in Peterborough and worked at PRHC! You rock. Thank you for this insight. 😊
Thanks!
I joined the same station on Toronto Island last year as part of my EMS fellowship, and I have always been fascinated by what they do as flight paramedics.
About a year ago my Dad had to be transported in a flight like this after he was in a fire. He spent 41 days in the Burn ICU. He survived thanks to people like these flight paramedics! They were his angels!!
The excitement and joy on your face and in your voice truly reflects the unique experience this was for you!
My daughter had to be rushed by helicopter when she was diagnosed with Leukemia at 14months old. I was terrified but the helicopter pilot and emergency personal on the helicopter made me feel at ease. The pilot even came in with me and sat next to me holding my hand for the time the ICU was trying to figure out everything. He said when they cure your daughter tell her she gets a free helicopter rode anytime she wants.
Cool video. Most folks don't know that flight paramedics are elite healthcare officers. They are ready for almost anything. The helicopter is a great tool to get them to the scene swiftly. Aorta dissection? Hope the guy made it.
Thanks for the videos!!👍❤️
Absolutely "Angels of the Sky"
I am retired from emergency services in the US, have had to call upon Chopper Evac many times in 30 years.
Thank you for what you do,
God Bless and Stay safe
Was quite phenomenal to see Peterborough being considered a “larger” hospital!
I’m currently in my dietetic internship so it’s so interesting to learn how these professions work. It really makes you appreciate everyone’s job no matter how small you think it is
THANKS FOR THE RIDE ON THE CHOPPER..!! 😀
Thanks for your support Kimberly!
As a former nursing student (had to leave sadly) I love your show. Your kindness and understanding are paramount skills. Never forget to listen to your patients or loose your empathy. Good luck in your career!
My Sweet Mom was a Volunteer Nurse for over 55 years after starting out as a Candy Striper while still in High School. I remember her always talking about a certain Hospital that she worked at because she was involved with the Medevac Helicopter Team. She never went out on the runs but her stories of them and her enthusiasm about them reminds me of you Siobhan! This was such an exciting video! Cheers From Ohio
I absolutely loved this video! I went to medic school with plans to become a flight medic. Unfortunately, a few weeks before graduation I became pregnant and spent the next 9 months in the hospital from complications. I never did get to fulfill my dream, but loved watching!!!
I've watched your channel prior to becoming a Paramedic student and it is so cool to see how far you have come as a doctor. I still remember your videos when you were a student and this is so amazing to see how far you have come!
I'm also so happy you spent the time with Ornge to understand/learn/show the full circle of care including those who work in Critical Care Paramedicine. I hope that you eventually get a chance to ride out with a Paramedic service in Ontario so you can see what it really is like to jump on a PCP/ACP truck! Maybe one day, I might even bump into you when I graduate from school and get on the road!
All the best Siobhan, absolute class!
I was fixed wing pilot for Ornge for just over a year. I have some videos on my channel, of the fixed wing pilot side of the operation. Definitely one of the most rewarding jobs one can have in aviation. I had the pleasure of working with Evan in Thunder Bay some years ago. All the flight paramedics are true hero's, they're all the best and I enjoyed working with them all so much. The people there were the best part of the job.
I know this is Canada due to how they say - out.... These men & women are superhuman. They are critical to the health care chain of treatment.... My hometown has Healthnet here at our local airport. That service can deliver a patient to the nearest Trauma Hospital in minutes. The drive would take over an hour with good weather and light traffic.. A pilot for this outfit told me they can make the trip in 21 minutes. Faster with a tail wind. Impressive!!! Life saving!!!.... A much needed service to the community. It is expensive, but how much is your life worth?? These flights have a trauma nurse and a combat trained paramedic. He is a former Army medic.. These folks are unreal in what they do everyday!!!! Very well trained and professional during the worst of times.. YET, they deliver day in and day out.... Thank you all!.
Excited to see this! I am a Child Life Specialist and would love to see you shadow one of us some day. 🤞 Our role is such a powerful part of pediatrics, yet so few people know we exist!
adore childlife specialists! 💜💜💜 some profound childhood memories.
What's a child life Specialist? I'm in hs lol I'm still trying to figure out what kind of doctor I want to be :3 ❤️
She did! In the video titled "HEARTWARMING: Day in the Life of a DOCTOR (ft. pediatric rheumatology)"
@@bethsadventures2791 they work with pediatric patients to explain procedures, tests, surgeries, etc in ways kiddos can understand. They do way more than that but that’s a big part of their job.
@@bethsadventures2791 We work with kids to make the hospital experience less traumatizing for them. So explaining procedures and diagnoses, supporting them during procedures, reducing the use of restraint when possible, creating positive experiences for kids who are hospitalized, as well as psychosocial support at end of life.
I spent 21 years as a Mobile Intensive Care paramedic in NJ. So excited you got to have a glimpse of our world! I was a "street" medic, i.e., not aeromedical. In NJ we have a tiered response, meaning BLS (ambulances staffed with EMTs) and ALS (non-transport chase vehicles staffed with paramedics) are dispatched separately, and ALS only gets sent to calls which are life or limb threatening, or if an on-scene emergency services provider (police, fire, EMS) specifically requests them. We are specialists, unlike in most other states where medics run a mix of BLS and ALS level calls. The medics are also required by state law to be based in and employed by a hospital system. The one I worked for had an ED residency program, and the residents were required to ride a certain number of shifts with the street crews and do 1-2 shifts with the flight crews. Most of the resident docs were excited to have a "day off", although many learned that we work pretty hard and under some rigorous conditions at times. We loved having them ride along because we found they treated us more respectfully after their ride alongs, and we had better rapport.
I am glad to see doctors shadowing EMS agencies and providers. I feel we can both learn a lot from each other when a doctor rides on my truck. They can teach me more about medicine and how what we do in the field translates to what happens in the hospital, and how we can work together better. Then, in turn, I can teach them about the challenges of working in an uncontrolled environment and trying to bring the ED to that environment.
So much learning on both sides, and I feel it should be required for all doctors and EMS providers to at least have an experience in the other world to learn what each other does.
I'm a helicopter mechanic, we re-torque critical bolts either after a few flight hours from being replaced or either as a periodical check.
It's so interesting to see all these different "sections" of being a doctor! Thank you so much for vlogging all the way through!!
Glad you had fun! I’m an Ontario Paramedic so I work closely with Ornge on a bunch of calls. I love working with them 😊
I always enjoy listening to the first timers descriptions of the various facets of flying EMS. I started flying EMS in the 80's, and retired in 2010. I was a helicopter pilot. Good luck in your chosen profession 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
When the doctor realizes the paramedic’s scope of practice. :-O
Made me smile.
My Dad, (a Special Ops Rescue Paramedic and IC with NSW Ambulance) used to work for CareFlight. This sort of stuff is right up his alley! He'd love this video! Congrats on your graduation!
as a scribe in the ER, i adore paramedics! they’re so dedicated to what they do, they’re all so cool and hilarious, and they tell THE best stories you will ever hear! i have such a deep respect for what they do and i really hope to shadow paramedics one day!
Orange transported my son 7 years ago after he became critically I’ll. Thanks fully they got him to LHSC in time to save his life. We never met “;Bob” his air paramedic but I would have loved to say thank you some day. ❤
Violin MD it looks , and sounds like, you really like emergency medicine... Love the "Apocalypse Now music" when viewing the helicopter!
Hi and thanks for sharing this Dr Shioban. I had a horrible car accident (the other driver fell asleep behind the wheel) and was air lifted to the trauma center. I had my eyes closed when paramedics were working on me (so not to panic) and didn’t realize I was air lifted until they told me later in the hospital.
I have so much respect for everyone that works on a rescue helicopter.
Years ago our cousins had a house fire. One of the children was severely burnt. We honestly thought he wasn't going to survive.
Thanks to everyone on that helicopter that night they got the family to a bigger hospital. The child is now an adult and alive and kicking now. I think that if we didn't have the helicopter rescue the boy wouldn't be here today.
They save so many lives. I feel for them because of all the trauma they deal with. It must be very hard to try put it to the back of your mind and deal with all the emotions etc away from work.
Thank you for posting this video.
One look at the smile on your face and all your enthusiasm and I knew I would enjoy your videos. Best of luck.
Oh wow… this seems like such a fun experience. I’m glad you got the opportunity to try this out!! 🥰
You dropped that pt off in my hometown! I’d recognize that helo pad and hospital anywhere 😅
I got irrationally excited when I recognized the PRHC. I'm glad the patient got the care they needed.
What an adventure!
I watch this show called real responders all the time and I absolutely love what paramedics do!
I used to live in the flight path of my local hospitals helipad. Hearing and seeing those Ornge helicopters coming in always gave me chills.
I'm so excited for the upcoming videos! They're even more interesting as a Canadian (and former Ontarian) nurse! Keep em coming!
I’m actually a vol firefighter so I deal with flight paramedics a lot and they have got to be the coolest most humble people ever thank god for them they help make my job a little easier
I am a medical lab technician and I love watching your videos to see how the rest of the hospital interacts! I would love to see you shadow a lab technician and see the behind the scenes of bloodwork results!
It's awesome your service uses the AW139. We switched to those from the EC155 at the Maryland State Police about 5 years ago. It's like EMS in a school bus! Best platform I've ever flown in.
I've got 14 years of air ambulance flying (fixed wing) in Ontario and Quebec...still have friends working at Ornge. Good bunch of folks.
What a delightful surprise! I dispatched ambulance in Hamilton for almost a decade in the 90's and later worked for CritiCall, so I've had lots of interaction with the crews on 799 and agents at Ornge. I'm now in a whole other line of work these days but all paramedics, air and ground, hold a special place in my heart. Thanks for showcasing them! ❤️🇨🇦⚕️
Heros all around. I know the criticality of an Aortic Dissection. Thanks to a good crew saved a two plus hour drive into an hour flight & emergency surgery (6 hours worth). That was three years ago & we have cherished every day since.
Hi Siobhan! Great to see you spread awareness through your videos!! It's inspiring, however I would love if you could add captions to your videos. It would be really helpful! Can't wait for the next video, take care!
Being a first responder for years it is still amazing to complain on scene care and hospital care…you have to be prepared for anything anytime. Great experience for you. Thanks for sharing.
Here in Australia we have the Royal Flying Doctor service, which offers a vast range of healthcare services from emergency response and transport to the most remote areas in the country, to mobile primary health care clinics in remote towns. They also do a lot of teaching and consulting. Since the outback is so vast and sparsely populated, the Flying Doctors truly are a vital part of living in rural Australia. Primarily, they operate fixed-wing aircraft, with special upgrades to allow them to land in makeshift dirt runways as well as an incredible amount of medical equipment. These planes can carry multiple patients and doctors at the same time as well, which is so important if something major has happened and help is hours away. They also recently bought some helicopters, but they are only in limited use at the moment.
Siobhan should come and do a ride along with the RFDS that would be awesome
Would love to see a ridealong with the RFDS one day!
Both my dad and my niece had to be airlifted to a hospital (seperate times) but both my dad and my sisters (nieces mom) said the medics in them were by far better than even the doctors in the hospital and how the did such an amazing job.
These guys do such great work.
The emergency care they provide is so essential. They are also keeping the patients calm to🤗🤗
I'm glad you pointed out which is the doctor and which is the helo.
Never would have figured that out on my own.
Love your content! Especially as its Canadian. Would enjoy seeing a video that describes how much sleep you get in a workday/week, the types of food you eat, how you manage keeping in touch with peeps in your life, person chores, etc. I've always been curious how you manage these every-day tasks while working. Cheers from New Brunswick.
Hi iam a internal medicine andRheumatology specialist , every body watching you from the start feels like a proud parent ! 😄
Love your videos! I’m watching in England, and it’s awesome seeing both the similarities and differences in the way the healthcare systems work! Hope you’re having a fantastic hike! Xx
Those teams are fantastic throughout the world, saving lives; awesome!
That was amazing! I’m doing my Advanced Care Paramedic training right now and want to specialize as a flight medic and I was as excited as you were for the entire video! I just discovered your channel and I love it! Thanks for taking the time to share your journey and experiences
Congratulations on finishing your residency! I bet it must feel amazing to be an attending after all of those years of hard work! I love your videos and your passion helped sparked my interest in continuing my nursing education and becoming a FNP so that I may be a primary care provider. Keep up the great work doc!
That's an awesome helicopter, the LifeFlight helicopters i used to watch land next to my hospital looked quite a bit smaller; they still folded everyone in. 👍🏾
Wow! I've lived the last decade mostly in those rural communities where we might get life-flighted to a bigger hospital and have never seen this side of it! Such an incredible thing.
Your smile is such a blessing, must be so comforting for your patients! ❤
Biomedical engineering is such an amazing career. There were some improved instruments I have not seen before. Some say better living through chemistry; truly its better healing through better mechanics.
Cant believe I have been watching you for YEARS and I still havent subcribed (which I literally just noticed as I was typing this and fixed that)... I have loved the journey and just hearing you say
"Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Specialist" is a huge deal to me. Keep up the amazing videos! Love it!
I remember when the intro used to be I’m Siobhan a first year medical resident. So amazing to see how far you’ve come!
So Flight Paramedics are like Medical MacGyver's. AWESOME. Thank you for your service.
Omg! The larger hospital you dropped the patient off at, is my local hospital!!!!! So cool. As a chronically Ill patient I have spent a lot of time in that hospital haha
Omg, this is an amazing video. I used to watch your videos years ago before I started my journey to becoming a retrieval specialist (the dr’s on board those helicopters).
I’m hoping to do it through post-graduate medicine after I finish my paramedicine degree.
Your video gave me those cute excited goosebumps! I can’t wait!
Interesting comparison to central europe. Our EMS helicopters are always staffed by doctors, mostly anesthesiologists, and the medics play an assistant role to both the pilot and the doctor and are also trained in mountain rescue for sling rescue under the helicopter.
I’m currently in high school and this is my dream job (flight medic) so I was so excited to see this video!! Thanks for bringing us along!!
I watched your video since you were first year medical student and to see you reach up to this stage really motivates me!. You're such an amazing personnnnnnn!!
I’m American, a former EMT in St. Louis. Our air medics are ARCH. STL is blessed with 3 level one adult trauma centers and 2 level one pediatric trauma centers. Because of that, and because of our centrality to most of the Midwest, ARCH flies several states to bring critical traumas back to St. Louis. Air medical saved a cousin’s life when she was involved in a multi fatality MVA. Mad respect for flight medics and nurses.
South Central Ontario/GTHA is the same; three Level One trauma centres (Toronto and Hamilton) and two pediatric trauma centres (one in Toronto and the other in Hamilton)
Really awesome video! You flew into Lindsay, it's one of the only hospitals for at least a hour to two hour radius, while bigger then Minden, it's definitely smaller then any hospital near the Toronto area. I am glad you spoke about access to these services . It was and is definitely terrifying to hear some of our emergency access was/is even more limited during COVID for multiple reasons. But it's good to know how capable and fast Ornge works . Thanks for sharing!
Awesome that you did this and see what the medics do. I’ve met so many doctors over the years that have no idea the things Medics can do and would not respect them.
You truly are an awesome person. I’ve been following your journey and you’ve come so far. Congratulations on all of your recent and future success!!
That was fun informative n the smile n freckles!!! That made my day!! Cuteness overload on this episode!
When you said, "Internal Medicine and Rheumatology SPECIALIST" I smiled so long my cheeks started to hurt. I think being a flight physician would be an amazing job!
I was a paramedic and was able to fly on an observer program a few times. One flight was a 2 ship scene run. Some fantastic memories.
Hi, Siobhan! Long time channel lover here. Thank you for taking us along on your adventures. It is great to see, and your videos have been an inspiration through some tough times (cancer treatment and the pandemic as a HCW). Happy to report that I am applying to medical school soon and intend to specialize in EM.
6:14 I recognize that as Lindsay Airport, and I was flying into that airport one time (Aug 7) doing touch-and-go and saw an Ornge helicopter picking up a patient. Not sure if that was the flight you were on or not.
I loved this!! So cool! Thank you for sharing Doctor. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for calling out the inequity in remote and rural communities, having grown up small town I saw and felt the impact personally. More access for all! ❤️
“And.. it’s just me and Mike”. *slow pan to Mike* 😂😂 so funny
Hello Violin MD. My pleasure to meet you. I'm glad to know that you are a health specialist and a doctor. I like your Doctor Shadowing Paramedic videos Violin. Thank you Violin. I want to see more medical videos of you
"Ride of the valkyries" theme. Classic😎😍
As someone who was been transferred with this service, it was great to know about it more. I think next time you should shadow a neuro specialist
What a lot of people fail to realize (and that goes for people inside the healthcare system, too) is that paramedics are better trained and more proficient at emergency medicine than most doctors. Sure, after graduating med school you have a much more complete view of the entire field of medicine and after speciality training you will run laps around anybody outside of that field - but the field "anything that could kill in 30 minutes or less" is not a speciality doctors can choose. But this is where Paramedics put all of their "skill points". Plus, paramedics deal with environments that aren't pre-organized for the treatment of patients, which is a huge factor that is easy to understand when looking at a wrecked car, but just as complicated when inside a small flat cluttered with 50 years worth of memorabilia of the 80 year old patient.
So, I guess what I'm saying is: Thank you for shining a light on these different professions inside the healthcare system. I liked your "shadowing a nurse" videos before and I hope you keep this stuff coming.
I used to get my con-ed credits with a medevac crew, it's great! We also have rapid infusion sets la;r;get; bore tubing but I've never used them pre-hospital.
Love that you used Ride Of The Valkyries
I usually see them flying to St Mike’s in downtown Toronto. The only kind of urban noise I don’t complain about. You know that somebody is getting the best care and attention when you hear the chopper.
Kudos.