Another Paramedic poem
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» Dan_Ellsworth - Take the "outsiders" to school
Robert, I think I will look longer at the poem another time, though it reminds me there are other roles in life that should be honored by some respectful verse. But the present message is mainly to propose something that might be an article or a small group of articles, eventually:As a provider of emergency services, do you ever arrive on the scene and think (towards the untrained people already on the scene), "I wish you had __________", or maybe more agonizingly, "I wish you hadn't __________"? Maybe the only reason you didn't say it out loud was, "They're not trained; they don't know."
True, but maybe you can offer some general comments about what the untrained public should, and should not, do before you trained people arrive. We, the untrained, would like to make things a little better if we can in those critical minutes, and there's the nagging feeling that an uninformed and unfortunate action might make things worse. Maybe there's even three sets of things to say, "Do", "Don't", and "You'll have to use your own judgment on this one".
-- posted by Dan_Ellsworth
» Smokediver - Re: Take the "outsiders" to school
In response to Take the "outsiders" to school posted by Dan_Ellsworth:It's really nice to see that you still stop by Dan. Its good to know that there's still reliable readers out there. I get these thoughts in my head once in awhile and just jot it down, then fill in the rest with babbling to fill the required 400 words. More articles are on the way, so stop back. Im the new CM or is it COI for Society and Culture. Cool huh?
-- posted by Smokediver
» Dan_Ellsworth - Re2: Take us to school
In response to Re: Take the "outsiders" to school posted by Smokediver:I think it's CM of the COI, but I don't speak "Suite" fluently. Anyway, your emergency services work gives you a few initials in your signature line, so you are not shut out anyway. As for cool -- well, it is if you can stand the work. But then, even a very busy person sometimes needs to be busy about something different at times, for a change.
-- posted by Dan_Ellsworth
» pennywhitting - Re: Re2: Take us to school
Hi Robert. I'd love to hear more about your training. How you feel, what is expected, frustrations etc. Why don't you write a 'progressive' story consisting of 400 word articles about your fascinating journey?Ps I've just returned to uni and can really relate to the time/study.
All the best
Glenice
In response to Re2: Take us to school posted by Dan_Ellsworth:
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