Guest guest Posted December 30, 2001 Report Share Posted December 30, 2001 Yee Haw! Great. There ain't nuthin wrong with us that havin a few more cowpeople wouldn't cure. Gene E. Gandy, JD, LP EMS Professions Program Tyler Junior College Tyler, TX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2001 Report Share Posted December 30, 2001 Mr. Gandy, Those of us in the EMS profession who work rodeo events just received a black eye from you. You may not have intended to do it but you have. We have been trying to change how procedures are followed and work very close with the sports medicine team. And as far as your comment on these people are basically athletic trainers is totally uncalled for. As you are probably aware, athletic trainers have extensive training and half to have a bachelors degree. And I would say out of the ones I have met, 90% are at least EMT-I or better. So give them the respect they deserve. As far as sports medicine people being totally in charge until transport, well that just comes from a lack of cooperation between the EMS and Sports Medicine personell. Ronnie EMT-I San Angelo Emergency Corp --- wegandy@... wrote: > The Healers Sportsmedicin Group covers most > PRCA events and all the > big rodeos. They include sports medicine physicians > and people who are > basically athletic trainers, although they may also > be EMTs and perhaps some > of them are Paramedics. > > Rodeo medicine is a totally different approach from > what we're taught. > Cowboys are not going to let you collar and board > them in the arena if they > have any sort of LOC left, and it's a big thing with > them to walk out on > their own or with maybe a little support. So > whereas we drive up to a little > wreck and ask people if they hurt and they say, > yeah, my neck hurts, we > collar and board them standing up and haul them > away. Doesn't happen in > rodeo. Cowboys today are usually in great shape > physically, young, proud and > macho, so they won't let you do much assessment in > the arena if they can help > it. They will let you apply 4x4s and bandaids and > tape to their broken > ankles outside the arena but they'll go to the > hospital in their pickups > after the rodeo, thank you very much. > > If you see a cowboy or cowgirl hauled out of the > arena on a board you can bet > they're BAD hurt. > > It's not uncommon for cowboys who've had previous > shoulder dislocations to > either reduce it themselves or for others who've had > the same thing to do it > for them, all right there behind the chutes and > without any painkillers > except for the natural adrenalin and endorphins they > produce in abundance. > > The main role for EMS in rodeos is to standby and > work with the JH's. They > call the shots at least till you begin transport. > > There are many companies that do event standbys, and > one of them is Event > Medical in Dallas. You might talk to them. > > If you want to work rodeos it helps to be cowboy > enough to know the lingo and > the Code. For example, you never eat peanuts in the > arena, don't wear yellow > shirts, don't touch another cowboy's hat, and don't > say EWWWW-GROSS if you > get cowshit on you, and so forth and so on. > > Gene > > E. Gandy, JD, LP > EMS Professions Program > Tyler Junior College > Tyler, TX > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2001 Report Share Posted December 31, 2001 Every year Crosby has an anual rodeo in june. The way that the EMS is done is that Crosby EMS has units stand by at the fairgrounds, The sports people take care of the minor injuries for the participants, and if someone is hurt in the arena EMS goes in and gets them out. Crosby also handles any emergencies that might come up in the stands or at the carnival.The crews that get to go to the rodeo are volunteer as the service is both paid and volunteer, and the paid crew can go but they have to respond to calls in the district. Deena _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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