“That beautiful season the summer!
Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light;
and the landscape
Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.”
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Here in Colorado, July came with all the freshness of weddings, heat and afternoon thunderstorms. I took a short break to go to California and play best man at the wedding of a great friend. And then it was back in the EMS blogging saddle. We started with a discussion about eight tragic EMS behavior flaws to avoid and then I gave you 207 reasons to stay current on you continuing education. I explained why litter begets litter and then asked you to finish the sentence, “Behind every great EMT…” We ended off with a lively discussion about fire based EMS vs. private EMS which is still raging on. Bring the storm!
Lot of great stuff on other peoples blogs as well. Basics Doc touched on the unspeakable moment when words just won’t come. (He also hasn’t posted since. Come back BD, we miss you.) Greg Friese asked, “What would you do?” (And I answered.) RevMedic asked about a patients medical history and got the best answer evar (sic). Firegeezer, Bill Schumm highlighted more hits to the public service world with a slew of layoffs on the dusty roster roundup. Jaramedic and MsParamedic joined forces for a very cool video project called Mutual Aid. MedicTHREE related the story of an elderly couple’s death that he found tragic yet sweet. EpiJunky rocked her National registry practical. The Happy Medic spoke of cookies and marriage and what he overheard in the firehouse. Just My Blog gave a humble thank you in two parts. Rogue Medic, Tim Noonan pointed out an error and mused on drug calculations and Michael Morse demonstrated why it’s OK to sometimes bend the rules in the beautiful piece Sunrise. He also showed why his writing is such a gift to EMS.
On the news front, AMR created a new position of Chief Medical officer and appointed Dr. Edward Racht, M.D. to the position. The inside track at The Spot is that Dr. Racht is the real deal. Good news for AMR employees. EMTs in New Jersey staged a protest to highlight what they felt were unsafe working conditions. Two ambulance companies in South Carolina have taken to racing each other to the scene for transport dollars. A volunteer ambulances squad in Woodbridge, New Jersey was accused of having parties at the station with prostitutes. The Indiana EMT accused of molesting a patient in the back of his ambulance has apparently fled the state.
And finally, in the EMS podcast world, The GenMed Show addressed EMS longevity. The EMS Garage went for the jugular with the subject of response time myths in EMS and talked at length about a very sad event in the EMS blog world, the departure of Mark Glencorse from The Medic999 Blog. Jamie Davis and the Medicast looked at understanding allergies and The EMS Educast examined high school EMS programs.
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