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Hey…..any one have any idea where Crystal “MCknob” has gone? Her blog and twitter account are gone..totally worried about her..I adored readng her! Please email me…thanks…
Kellie
kjr1117@aol.com

AD,
My name is Mark Kendall, I am a first semester paramedic student in the St. Louis area. I've been assigned a research paper on “the future of EMS,” we have to choose something in EMS that we feel will be introduced or will change in the future. After reading some of your ongoing discussions on airway management with rogue medic i've decided to choose that for my topic. I'm looking for some good research regarding intubation success in the field, the effectiveness of rescue airways such as king tubes and combi's. If you could help me out I would really appreciate it.
Thanks,
Mark Kendall
makendall89@yahoo.com

Hi there,
I love your blog and wanted to share a story with you. However, I don’t see your contact info listed. Please contact me with the information below. Thanks!

So sorry to offend you! I hope you enjoy the article more than my e-mail. I
was delighted to be able to chat with many kind, thoughtful EMTs and
paramedics for the piece. Look for it in an upcoming issue of Reader's
Digest. Should be in the March or April issue.
All best,
GG

Hi,
I am The editor/writer with physician.com. I really liked your site and i am interested in building a relationship with your site. We want to spread public awareness. I hope you can help me out. Your site is a very useful resource.

Please email me back with your URl in subject line to take a step ahead and also to avoid spam.

Thank you,
Anna Huges
editorial.physician@gmail.com
http://www.physician.com

Hi;

I just read your “50 Secrets…” after my wife, an RN and CRNA, asked me what I think about it. I was shocked. Either you selected the most patient-hostile comments or paraphrased them into such or we really have such cold uncaring medical personnel in our ERs. If so, the hospital she works at, is an exception, as are other ERs I have had need to utilize. – Instead of telling some “secrets” that are worthwhile to know you presented a bitch column. You have depicted Emergency Medical personnel as cold-hearted and mean. Most patients coming to an ER are hurt and confused; they need care not just attention, and understanding that in their state they may not be their most reasonable. It is good to know that the ER world is not as bad as you portray its personnel. They deserve a better image. – However we hope we never fall into the (non-)care of most of the contributors to your article, especially not into the hands of Dr. Allen Roberts of Ft Worth.

GM

ghm seems to be commenting on the article by Ginny Graves in Reader's Digest. It is a list of one line comments that people in emergency medicine and EMS wish patients knew.

http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people...

To summarize, you should not use EMS/ED for non-emergencies; you should answer questions honestly and completely; you should not expect concierge level care.

If you read the comments looking for something to complain about, you can find something to complain about. It boils down to the golden rule. Treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself.

Here is one example – 24. “Get rid of your entitlement mentality. It’s bad in your general life but really bad in the ER. We’ll treat you, but we might not be nice.” —Allen Roberts, MD

How can you argue with that. If you are going to the ED to be drowned with sweetness, you should consider going someplace else.

Drug seekers (junkies) are also criticized, as they should be. Drug seekers cause patients with legitimate pain to be denied appropriate treatment. There is nothing nice about that.

Um, I think you have the wrong blog. I never wrote any such article.

And for what it's worth, Allen Roberts is one of the most respected physician bloggers on the web.

Ahhh. Now that I've read the column, I know what she's talking about. Ginny Graves asked me for a quote, but I never got back to her.

Still, pretty mild stuff. I've certainly posted harsher stuff than that right here on the blog. Seems like GHM is one of those people looking for a reason to be offended.

Hey AD.. I thought you might enjoy this. It's a 5-year-old girl who speaks to the 911 dispatcher after her father is stricken with chest pain and difficulty breathing. She was so calm and composed. Almost brought a tear to my eye when she was comforting her dad.

http://www.youtube.com/v/eDARfDJw80s

(I'm sure KatyBeth would do the same in that situation)

I've been a medic for almost 15 years. I know a lot of medics and a lot of dispatchers. Terilynvik, you sound every bit as arrogant as you are accusing jouleman of being. It's EMS. None of us have any control over the call volume or the type of calls that come in. We are all required to go to school in order to do our jobs and we are all required to continue our education in order to keep our jobs.
EMS workers are among the lowest paid medical personell in the country and yet we are called upon on a daily basis to do a job that is worth a lot higher pay. If you are working for a 911 agency, you are required to respond at all hours to calls that are seldom what they are dispatched as and to scenes that often are just as life threatening to us. Yes, we often stage for law enforcement as a precaution but they cannot control 100 percent of the scene 100 percent of the time. If you are working for a private ambulance service, you are expected to know You're job, the nurse's job, and somedays it seems everybody else's job as well. We go to school, we work for very little pay and we have to put up with well intentioned people who think all we do is drive an ambulance all day until they are the ones on our stretcher. At that point, the same people who think we drive too fast think we are not going fast enough. They often make that clear while throwing up on us. The roads near the hospitals are often the worst and the families think they know your job better than you after watching a few episodes of the latest medical drama.
Then there are the dispatchers who don't seem to get the accurate information so that the patient who they dispatched as “medical call” because they really have no clue, is actually a cpr in progress upon our arrival on scene.
Yes, we burn out easy and there's little chance of promotion. When we finally get the promotion we know longer want it but take it for the increase in pay. So why don't you get your own attitude in check and remember, if you ever require an ambulance, the crew may very well have read your post.

How about “A Day in the Life of an Ambulance Drivers Wife” !!! I love you Kelly. And Miss you tremendously! You never call or anything! PG

My name is Randy with Bio Shield Technologies. We are a company that provides sanitizers, disinfectants, cleaners and antimicrobial protected coating technologies to schools, public safety offices, and individuals wishing to keep themselves clean. We pride ourselves on being on the cutting edge of antimicrobial protection.

We were doing research about cleanliness in the medical field when we came across your blog. We were really impressed with the quality of credible information you are providing to your readers, based upon your expertise. We especially like how you add your own personal touch to the scientific information, which makes your posts not only informational, but entertaining!

We were wondering if you would at all be interested in some sort of cross promotion. We are looking for ideas for posts on our own blog and thought that we maybe able to help each other out. We would be willing to feature your website on our blog as a means to increase awareness of health issues. In return we would ask for a similar post on your blog, directing to us, those who need disinfectants. We feel that this is a great opportunity for both websites since a lot of people are not aware that there are items that will shield an area from micro bacteria for 24 hours even exists. We would welcome any feedback, suggestions, ideas you may have!

Thanks,
Randy

Dear Ambo,

Love your writing style, EMS PRO is interested in publishing some of your articles. Please call me at 877-768-5550, or email me ron@emspromag.com.

Regards,
Ron Whitney

Absolutely!