[Hallicrafters] Medical Emergency Interrupts Global Glow

[Michael Watts]

A nice note.  Thanks Duane!

--- "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com> wrote:
> 
> 	
> Last evening the finest hour of Amateur Radio once again shone through the
> minority of misfits and malcontents that have infiltrated our ranks over the
> past several decades. If you have listened around to the ethnic slurs, vulgar
> language and assorted personality disorders that populate certain frequencies,
> than you know of what I am speaking. As I said, these are the minority, and last
> evening on 14.320 Mhz usb the greatness and glory of Ham Radio shone as bright
> as old Sol does when he flings a flare.	
> 	
> I had moved the Global Glow up to 14.322 Mhz usb to avoid the psychotic comedy
> hour that seems to have taken root on 14.313 Mhz. Things were progressing
> normally, although the band was quite long and then went into spasms of not sure
> whether it was going to be short, long or somewhere in between. I was chatting
> with 2E0PJT when a station broke in and asked if I would suspennd operations
> because I was interfering with emergency medical assistance being conducted on
> 14.320 Mhz usb. I immediately shut down and asked all stations to remain silent
> until we were told the emergency had been resolved and it was all right to
> resume operating. Everyone cooperated, immediately. I switched to monitor 14.320
> Mhz usb. 	
> 	
> A woman named Marsha was on a boat off the coastal waters of Mexico, I think.
> Coral Island was mentioned, I am not sure where it is. A Texas Ham K5SIV had a
> phone patch to a medical doctor in operation. Another doctor who was on a boat
> in the vicinity, was also helping via Ham radio. 	
> 	
> The woman had been diving. She had come up rather abruptly about 77 feet, but
> not to the surface. Apparently someone spotted sharks and tapped her on the
> scuba gear tanks as a signal of possible danger. The danger passed and she went
> back down to whatever depth she had been at. When she surfaced later, the
> medical problems began.	
> 	
> Not exactly the 'bends', Nitrogen Narcosis, but similar. The situation was six
> hours old when I tuned in. The doctor thought the symptoms were as bad as they
> were going to become, due to the elapsed time. Hence he did not suggest an air
> rescue. They gave her boat coordinates for Coral Island. it was night, but the
> boat did have radar aboard. No obstacles in the course were known and a journey
> through these waters in the dark should be uneventful. Other boats were
> switching to marine frequencies to assist as needed in getting the She Wolf to
> Coral Island, some six hours distant. 	
> 	
> This marine medical emergency was extremely well handled by Robert K5SIV, who
> was the source of the phone patch to the physician and key information relay
> station. All participating parties did an outstanding job of getting Marsha the
> help she needed. This is what Amateur Radio is supposed to be about, brothers
> and sisters helping each other with whatever it is that is needed. I was very
> proud to be a Ham Radio operator as I listened to this real life drama unfold
> and being resolved through very professional conduct and mutual cooperation. 	
> 	
> Duane Fischer, W8DBF   
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