It is around 1:00 am And sleep is a stranger.I don't know why I write these blogs none are ever read maybe it Is a way to clarify my own feelings so that I know myself better.
What is the job of OEM ? I think if it is not to get every one playing on the same team it is maybe to get them playing the same game and using similar rules. The state wants to run the system from Little Rock down the locals think it should be run from the county up.Little Rock wants to be there for the cameras and the locals just want the cameras some where out of the way so they can do their job
Will the system ever work ? Nope not with out respect for the locals from the big dogs in Little Rock.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
I AM an ambulance driver
There is a hilarious EMS blog called "I am not the ambulance driver" it is one of the funniest,saddest,educational blogs about EMS. The title I would assume comes from patients always calling medics and EMT s ambulance drivers. I have allways tried to avoid the term but today I told A patient "I am your driver".Then I realized what I had said and begin to think about it. I am the ambulance driver and I am proud of it .I am responsible for helping my medic,and getting you safely to the hospital. This isn't always as simple as it seems today with the patient I drove for miles behind a person at 45 mph, then had to get through an accident,since we had a patient we couldn't stop and I knew another ambulance was 45 seconds behind me.Then I had to avoid the person who pulled out in front of me and drove 20 mph for 100 yards before turning into a restaurant. Add to that the people who were stopped at the green light,the truck that pulled into the middle turn lane and drove there for a mile or more. I helped unload you made the cot and shook your hand and wished you the best.
I am an ambulance driver but you didn't realize I am also the person who works in Emergency Management,helping you when ever you are in trouble.I am the same person who spoke to you at work about building a 72 hour preparedness kit. I am the same person who trains medical first responders to try and keep you alive until an Advanced Life Support Ambulance can get to you. I am the same person who works out how a search should be conducted for a missing person in your community or devolpes where you should evacuate to in the event of a flood or hazardous materials accident. I am the same person who has to go and beg money to keep your local fire department operating .
I have been the person that fire crews looked to for directions when a wildfire threatened your home. I was the person who had to step up and say this is what we are going to do to recover a body from an industrial collapse, and the man who took the criticism and responsibility for searching the bad terrain for victims of a flood. I am the person who has looked on 70 deaths and cried for those who had died and those who had lived. I am the same person who has taken a baby and done cpr because I wanted the baby to live even though my mine said it was too late. I am the ambulance driver who went in and prayed with the grieving mother whose child had just died.
Even though the medics, nurses, and patients may laugh I am pretty damn proud to be just the ambulance driver.
I am an ambulance driver but you didn't realize I am also the person who works in Emergency Management,helping you when ever you are in trouble.I am the same person who spoke to you at work about building a 72 hour preparedness kit. I am the same person who trains medical first responders to try and keep you alive until an Advanced Life Support Ambulance can get to you. I am the same person who works out how a search should be conducted for a missing person in your community or devolpes where you should evacuate to in the event of a flood or hazardous materials accident. I am the same person who has to go and beg money to keep your local fire department operating .
I have been the person that fire crews looked to for directions when a wildfire threatened your home. I was the person who had to step up and say this is what we are going to do to recover a body from an industrial collapse, and the man who took the criticism and responsibility for searching the bad terrain for victims of a flood. I am the person who has looked on 70 deaths and cried for those who had died and those who had lived. I am the same person who has taken a baby and done cpr because I wanted the baby to live even though my mine said it was too late. I am the ambulance driver who went in and prayed with the grieving mother whose child had just died.
Even though the medics, nurses, and patients may laugh I am pretty damn proud to be just the ambulance driver.
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