Comments on: The Chronicles of EMS – Day 3?? Who knows, I’m flying http://lifeunderthelights.com/2010/02/the-chronicles-of-ems-day-3-who-knows-im-flying/ This blog is about EMS, and one Paramedic's quest to make this the profession it deserves to be. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sizp http://lifeunderthelights.com/2010/02/the-chronicles-of-ems-day-3-who-knows-im-flying/comment-page-1/#comment-3306 Sizp Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:41:00 +0000 http://lifeunderthelights.com/2010/02/the-chronicles-of-ems-day-3-who-knows-im-flying/#comment-3306 Wow! Very good content, the analysis depth, so I understand! Like the authors way of thinking, and writing style! Compliment, ha ha! Thanks again for the selfless sharing of, I have learned a lot! At the same time I like <a href="http://www.led-signs-mart.com/" rel="nofollow">LED Moving Sign </a> and <a href="http://www.bestled-light.com/" rel="nofollow"> LED street light</a> very much ! Wow! Very good content, the analysis depth, so I understand! Like the authors way of thinking, and writing style! Compliment, ha ha! Thanks again for the selfless sharing of, I have learned a lot! At the same time I like LED Moving Sign and LED street light very much !

]]> By: EMS Blog Rounds Edition 31 http://lifeunderthelights.com/2010/02/the-chronicles-of-ems-day-3-who-knows-im-flying/comment-page-1/#comment-1017 EMS Blog Rounds Edition 31 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:11:45 +0000 http://lifeunderthelights.com/2010/02/the-chronicles-of-ems-day-3-who-knows-im-flying/#comment-1017 [...] EMS. All the heavy weight bloggers had their own take including Steve Whitehead, Greg Friese, and Chris Kaiser. Of course Mark Glencourse and Justin Schorr explained the experience from a uniquely universal [...] [...] EMS. All the heavy weight bloggers had their own take including Steve Whitehead, Greg Friese, and Chris Kaiser. Of course Mark Glencourse and Justin Schorr explained the experience from a uniquely universal [...]

]]> By: P http://lifeunderthelights.com/2010/02/the-chronicles-of-ems-day-3-who-knows-im-flying/comment-page-1/#comment-1648 P Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:14:44 +0000 http://lifeunderthelights.com/2010/02/the-chronicles-of-ems-day-3-who-knows-im-flying/#comment-1648 This whole EMS 2.0 thing seems to be a movement back to the days when doctors actually went out to peoples' houses. I think it's a good movement, but I don't think the money is there for it to be sustainable. The insurance providers are going to resist paying for any new kind of in the field care. I know from my contact with local volunteer Fire and EMS services that insurance companies are no longer paying for services that are rendered to the customer/patient by these mostly volunteer organizations. I think it is needed for emergency services, especially EMS, to be moving in a more customer/patient centric direction, but I don't see anyone stepping up to pay for it.<br><br>Case in point, my job as a 911 operator and emergency services dispatcher has always increased in workload and as populations continue to grow it always will increase in workload. Yet my boss still continues to threaten us with reducing wages and manpower while in the same breath mandating us to provide more services. I cannot imagine that this is not happening everywhere else in the emergency services field, less pay, less manpower, ever-increasing workload while offering more services. What EMS 2.0 seems to be proposing is adding more services in EMS systems that are already being pushed near their breaking point by ever-increasing call volume and continual budget cuts and that's not even touching on ever-increasing expectations from the public.<br><br>Also, as a professional dispatcher/911 operator I am curious to see how the triage side of things would work while on the wire. Medic999 said something about a 111 number they were either using or going to be using for such non-emergent medical response requests and I am curious as to how that would be integrated into your standard issue, multi-municipality call center or if it is an entirely separate service staffed by a completely different professional. If it's a separate service it sounds like a decent part time job for a retired RN or PA.<br><br>Truly,<br>K This whole EMS 2.0 thing seems to be a movement back to the days when doctors actually went out to peoples' houses. I think it's a good movement, but I don't think the money is there for it to be sustainable. The insurance providers are going to resist paying for any new kind of in the field care. I know from my contact with local volunteer Fire and EMS services that insurance companies are no longer paying for services that are rendered to the customer/patient by these mostly volunteer organizations. I think it is needed for emergency services, especially EMS, to be moving in a more customer/patient centric direction, but I don't see anyone stepping up to pay for it.

Case in point, my job as a 911 operator and emergency services dispatcher has always increased in workload and as populations continue to grow it always will increase in workload. Yet my boss still continues to threaten us with reducing wages and manpower while in the same breath mandating us to provide more services. I cannot imagine that this is not happening everywhere else in the emergency services field, less pay, less manpower, ever-increasing workload while offering more services. What EMS 2.0 seems to be proposing is adding more services in EMS systems that are already being pushed near their breaking point by ever-increasing call volume and continual budget cuts and that's not even touching on ever-increasing expectations from the public.

Also, as a professional dispatcher/911 operator I am curious to see how the triage side of things would work while on the wire. Medic999 said something about a 111 number they were either using or going to be using for such non-emergent medical response requests and I am curious as to how that would be integrated into your standard issue, multi-municipality call center or if it is an entirely separate service staffed by a completely different professional. If it's a separate service it sounds like a decent part time job for a retired RN or PA.

Truly,
K

]]> By: P http://lifeunderthelights.com/2010/02/the-chronicles-of-ems-day-3-who-knows-im-flying/comment-page-1/#comment-999 P Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:14:44 +0000 http://lifeunderthelights.com/2010/02/the-chronicles-of-ems-day-3-who-knows-im-flying/#comment-999 This whole EMS 2.0 thing seems to be a movement back to the days when doctors actually went out to peoples' houses. I think it's a good movement, but I don't think the money is there for it to be sustainable. The insurance providers are going to resist paying for any new kind of in the field care. I know from my contact with local volunteer Fire and EMS services that insurance companies are no longer paying for services that are rendered to the customer/patient by these mostly volunteer organizations. I think it is needed for emergency services, especially EMS, to be moving in a more customer/patient centric direction, but I don't see anyone stepping up to pay for it.<br><br>Case in point, my job as a 911 operator and emergency services dispatcher has always increased in workload and as populations continue to grow it always will increase in workload. Yet my boss still continues to threaten us with reducing wages and manpower while in the same breath mandating us to provide more services. I cannot imagine that this is not happening everywhere else in the emergency services field, less pay, less manpower, ever-increasing workload while offering more services. What EMS 2.0 seems to be proposing is adding more services in EMS systems that are already being pushed near their breaking point by ever-increasing call volume and continual budget cuts and that's not even touching on ever-increasing expectations from the public.<br><br>Also, as a professional dispatcher/911 operator I am curious to see how the triage side of things would work while on the wire. Medic999 said something about a 111 number they were either using or going to be using for such non-emergent medical response requests and I am curious as to how that would be integrated into your standard issue, multi-municipality call center or if it is an entirely separate service staffed by a completely different professional. If it's a separate service it sounds like a decent part time job for a retired RN or PA.<br><br>Truly,<br>K This whole EMS 2.0 thing seems to be a movement back to the days when doctors actually went out to peoples' houses. I think it's a good movement, but I don't think the money is there for it to be sustainable. The insurance providers are going to resist paying for any new kind of in the field care. I know from my contact with local volunteer Fire and EMS services that insurance companies are no longer paying for services that are rendered to the customer/patient by these mostly volunteer organizations. I think it is needed for emergency services, especially EMS, to be moving in a more customer/patient centric direction, but I don't see anyone stepping up to pay for it.

Case in point, my job as a 911 operator and emergency services dispatcher has always increased in workload and as populations continue to grow it always will increase in workload. Yet my boss still continues to threaten us with reducing wages and manpower while in the same breath mandating us to provide more services. I cannot imagine that this is not happening everywhere else in the emergency services field, less pay, less manpower, ever-increasing workload while offering more services. What EMS 2.0 seems to be proposing is adding more services in EMS systems that are already being pushed near their breaking point by ever-increasing call volume and continual budget cuts and that's not even touching on ever-increasing expectations from the public.

Also, as a professional dispatcher/911 operator I am curious to see how the triage side of things would work while on the wire. Medic999 said something about a 111 number they were either using or going to be using for such non-emergent medical response requests and I am curious as to how that would be integrated into your standard issue, multi-municipality call center or if it is an entirely separate service staffed by a completely different professional. If it's a separate service it sounds like a decent part time job for a retired RN or PA.

Truly,
K

]]> By: Medic999 http://lifeunderthelights.com/2010/02/the-chronicles-of-ems-day-3-who-knows-im-flying/comment-page-1/#comment-981 Medic999 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 05:05:16 +0000 http://lifeunderthelights.com/2010/02/the-chronicles-of-ems-day-3-who-knows-im-flying/#comment-981 You couldnt do it any Justice??<br><br>I am sitting here at Justins house and just read out your digging analogy to Justin and Kim. At the end we all just went Wow!!<br><br>Chris, you are part of this now, and there is no escape.....Muuu Ha ha ha ha You couldnt do it any Justice??

I am sitting here at Justins house and just read out your digging analogy to Justin and Kim. At the end we all just went Wow!!

Chris, you are part of this now, and there is no escape…..Muuu Ha ha ha ha

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