Transplant Team Dead

[BadVB750]

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/06/05/planecrash.html

Pretty sad stuff.

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[waterski232002]

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/06/05/planecrash.html

Pretty sad stuff.

David Ashburn was the Pediatric CT surgery fellow also on board the plane from the University of Michigan... He was my senior surgical resident at Wake Forest when I was a medical student on Trauma, and a really devoted guy. Really sad to hear the news.

 

[FoughtFyr]

My God watch over their souls and bring peace to their families.



- H

 

[TraumaCheers]

My God watch over their souls and bring peace to their families.



- H

Rest in peace, lads.

 

[bulgethetwine]

Rest in peace, lads.

Rest in peace....

 

[deleted109597]

Dr. Ashburn was an alum of my school. They sent out a mass email today. He had 3 children and a wife. Truly sad, and makes me think twice about aeromedical.

 

[nimbus]

anybody know the outcome for the waiting recipient? Did he get to the OR? Prepped? Incision? Still alive?

 

[JMK2005]

anybody know the outcome for the waiting recipient? Did he get to the OR? Prepped? Incision? Still alive?

Still alive and put back on the wait list according to the news.

:cry:

 

[edinOH]

Still alive and put back on the wait list according to the news.

:cry:

That's got to be hard on the patient. To know several people gave their lives trying to save yours.

 

[Midwest Medic]

Dr. Ashburn was an alum of my school. They sent out a mass email today. He had 3 children and a wife. Truly sad, and makes me think twice about aeromedical.

This was actually a fixed wing flight, not a rotor wing flight (helicopter)....So same odds as you flying anywhere commercially. And the cause has been determined to be mechanical, not pilot error or "pushing" the conditions.

 

[dchristismi]

Either way, a tragedy and an enormous loss.

 

[deleted109597]

This was actually a fixed wing flight, not a rotor wing flight (helicopter)....So same odds as you flying anywhere commercially. And the cause has been determined to be mechanical, not pilot error or "pushing" the conditions.

Yeah, I know, but at the same time, it is one of those situations where bad things rarely happen, but when they do happen you have a higher chance of getting dead. Just like riding a motorcycle.
Not quite the same risks as flying anywhere commercially, because the smaller planes are higher crash risks.