Both Ornot and Peer violated Coast Guard protocols by passing Fuddy by.
They have equipped helicopters and the ability to hoist critically-injured victims to those helicopters because the people who man them are trained as EMT’s. I strongly suspect they have defibrillators on board. And even if they don’t, they have arms and mouths, and CPR is required if the person isn’t charred, isn’t stiff as a board from being dead 2 hours, and has head, heart, lungs, brain, and liver still attached to their body. “Victim is unresponsive” doesn’t cut it.
And to determine that the victim is unresponsive in the first place, they have to use the equipment in the helicopter if it is available - a stethoscope and a heart monitor. They didn’t even do that.
I know those guys are capable of better than that; they wouldn’t be where they’re at if not. So why did they violate the protocols and then go to the media and falsely say that the protocols demanded that they do what they did? Were they given orders to do exactly that? If not, then have they been disciplined for breaking the protocols?
Absolutely false. They are heroes with the Right Stuff.
Their job was to minimize the death toll. To have spent inordinate resources in a fruitless attempt to revive Fuddy would not have been consistent with that goal.
I know those guys are capable of better than that; they wouldn’t be where they’re at if not. So why did they violate the protocols and then go to the media and falsely say that the protocols demanded that they do what they did? Were they given orders to do exactly that?
Whatever [reaching for napkin to wipe off spittle]!
Someone messed up. Why?
As a former Coastie, I’d be totally embarrased if this were true. Has the CG become politically corruptable? Guess its easier when your under Homeland Security. I’d wanna talk to the OOD.