RE: The Email That Started it All

[Guest guest]

> Proposal for further research :

> Determining the correlation factor between spelling errors and

naivete/gullibility of those who accept the status quo as gospel truth.

>

> BTW -- I wonder if this 911 dispatcher believes in MPDS too? ;-)

But Wes, it FEELS good!

Mike

[Guest guest]

> Proposal for further research :

> Determining the correlation factor between spelling errors and

naivete/gullibility of those who accept the status quo as gospel truth.

>

> BTW -- I wonder if this 911 dispatcher believes in MPDS too? ;-)

But Wes, it FEELS good!

Mike

[Guest guest]

Re: Re: The Email That Started it All

> Proposal for further research :

> Determining the correlation factor between spelling errors and

naivete/gullibility of those who accept the status quo as gospel truth.

>

> BTW -- I wonder if this 911 dispatcher believes in MPDS too? ;-)

But Wes, it FEELS good!

Mike

Visit our website at www.paramedicine.com

[Guest guest]

Re: Re: The Email That Started it All

> Proposal for further research :

> Determining the correlation factor between spelling errors and

naivete/gullibility of those who accept the status quo as gospel truth.

>

> BTW -- I wonder if this 911 dispatcher believes in MPDS too? ;-)

But Wes, it FEELS good!

Mike

Visit our website at www.paramedicine.com

[Guest guest]

Re: Re: The Email That Started it All

> Proposal for further research :

> Determining the correlation factor between spelling errors and

naivete/gullibility of those who accept the status quo as gospel truth.

>

> BTW -- I wonder if this 911 dispatcher believes in MPDS too? ;-)

But Wes, it FEELS good!

Mike

Visit our website at www.paramedicine.com

[Guest guest]

The original... " Rectal Foriegn Bodies, " a/k/a " The Butt Page, " from the Well...

Mike

http://www.well.com/user/cynsa/newbutt.html

> Many things FEEL good, but aren't necessarily good for us -- or our patient.

And I'll leave it there before the foreign object stories commence.

>

> -Wes :-D

[Guest guest]

The original... " Rectal Foriegn Bodies, " a/k/a " The Butt Page, " from the Well...

Mike

http://www.well.com/user/cynsa/newbutt.html

> Many things FEEL good, but aren't necessarily good for us -- or our patient.

And I'll leave it there before the foreign object stories commence.

>

> -Wes :-D

[Guest guest]

I've worked in agriculture. My advice: Go for the

pirate option.

Maxine Pate

>-------------------------------------------------------

>And you wonder why EMS does not get the attention

it deserves. Only today I

>got a dirty email saying the reading level of my

textbooks is too high and

>we need to lower it. Jeez, I am going to quit and

be a farmer (or a

>pirate).

>

>

>[Non-text portions of this message have been

removed]

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I've worked in agriculture. My advice: Go for the

pirate option.

Maxine Pate

>-------------------------------------------------------

>And you wonder why EMS does not get the attention

it deserves. Only today I

>got a dirty email saying the reading level of my

textbooks is too high and

>we need to lower it. Jeez, I am going to quit and

be a farmer (or a

>pirate).

>

>

>[Non-text portions of this message have been

removed]

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

It truly amazes me that this forum continues at this rate, poking fun at ones

that really care about the well being of their patients. You know, I rarely look

at the emails here and debate each time that I open my mail wheather to stay on

this list server or to be removed. I don't know about most of the folks here,

but some of you should just be on an instant messenger so you can make each

other glow in your little worlds. It seems that the ones that frequently post,

poke fun at folks, their spelling and try to degrade their posts, are the ones

that have too much time on their hands. Do you work? do you have a life? do you

have a family? do you spend time doing other things? Those of us that have had

experiences with the posters know that they really do not have a voice where it

counts. Bledsoe, why do you not show up at air provider meetings through out the

state? Why are you not involved in GETAC meetings? Why are you not at the state

level lobbying for your causes? It is obvious that you have lost your

creditability with the ones that are doing the right thing. I think that you

would be welcomed into any RAC meeting through out the state. Now, would you be

willing to be there? I doubt it, that is where you can make a difference, you

hide behind the computer and your publishings, never coming out to confront the

ones that you bash day in and day out. I have read your texts, in fact I

remember when you were a Paramedic on the streets of Ft.Worth, and the

admiration that lot's of folks had for you becoming a DO, now when your name is

mentioned in the RAC's, GETAC and Air Provider meetings throughout the state

people get this blank look and say things like, " are you serious " , " do you

really believe that he is serious " or you just get the roll of the eyes. Well,

good luck, keep the faith and remember you will get respect when you shoe

respect.

>

>

> Date: 2005/06/08 Wed PM 01:34:41 CDT

> To: < >, <Paramedicine >,

>

> Subject: The Email That Started it All

>

>

> ----Original Message-----

> From: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003, 12:21 PM

> To: 'bbledsoe@...'

> Subject: concerning information

>

> dear mr bledson,

> i wanted to write you a letter concernin your article about exploding ems

> myths....

> i was given the article by a lifetime board member of the ambulance service

> i have been actually a part of for 20 years. i have been an emt for 20 years

> and i am presently crew chief and an active president of the cisd/cism team

> for our area which i have been a part of for over 10 years. my paying job

> is a 911 dispatcher for police, fire & ems which i have been doing for over

> 17 years.

> when i was given the article i was quite taken back by it... not sure

> exactly how to take it.... then i decided the only was was to just be

> very upset!!!

> alot of the information in your article was very untrue. with all of my

> diffrenet experiences, i have watch several of them really happe, with a

> good outcome several times!!! you have written your article because you

> have a right to your opinions. did you ever stop to think about the damge

> it could cause, with those people who are not really sure about what they

> should or should not do? or maybe some of the new people involved in

> emergency services that maybe don't call for a helicopter when they should

> or run with red lights and siren when they should or get a cism/cisd

> intervention when they should.... because they were on the edge of not

> knowing what to do and your article pushed them over the wrong edge? what

> is going to happen then mr. bledson? maybe you don't care?

> i , like alot of people, read all the fire and ems magazine that set around

> the stations..... alot of people are going to read your article..... i

> would say that most probably wont agree with it. i persnoally hope your

> myths article will be the one that everybody does not read. mr bledson i

> don't mean any disrespect at all, i am just very upset be i that being all

> that i am and doing all that i have done to help people. and then poeple

> like you can right an article like that!!!!

>

> NAME WITHELD

> XXXXXX, Indiana

>

>

> -------------------------------------------------------

> And you wonder why EMS does not get the attention it deserves. Only today I

> got a dirty email saying the reading level of my textbooks is too high and

> we need to lower it. Jeez, I am going to quit and be a farmer (or a

> pirate).

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

It truly amazes me that this forum continues at this rate, poking fun at ones

that really care about the well being of their patients. You know, I rarely look

at the emails here and debate each time that I open my mail wheather to stay on

this list server or to be removed. I don't know about most of the folks here,

but some of you should just be on an instant messenger so you can make each

other glow in your little worlds. It seems that the ones that frequently post,

poke fun at folks, their spelling and try to degrade their posts, are the ones

that have too much time on their hands. Do you work? do you have a life? do you

have a family? do you spend time doing other things? Those of us that have had

experiences with the posters know that they really do not have a voice where it

counts. Bledsoe, why do you not show up at air provider meetings through out the

state? Why are you not involved in GETAC meetings? Why are you not at the state

level lobbying for your causes? It is obvious that you have lost your

creditability with the ones that are doing the right thing. I think that you

would be welcomed into any RAC meeting through out the state. Now, would you be

willing to be there? I doubt it, that is where you can make a difference, you

hide behind the computer and your publishings, never coming out to confront the

ones that you bash day in and day out. I have read your texts, in fact I

remember when you were a Paramedic on the streets of Ft.Worth, and the

admiration that lot's of folks had for you becoming a DO, now when your name is

mentioned in the RAC's, GETAC and Air Provider meetings throughout the state

people get this blank look and say things like, " are you serious " , " do you

really believe that he is serious " or you just get the roll of the eyes. Well,

good luck, keep the faith and remember you will get respect when you shoe

respect.

>

>

> Date: 2005/06/08 Wed PM 01:34:41 CDT

> To: < >, <Paramedicine >,

>

> Subject: The Email That Started it All

>

>

> ----Original Message-----

> From: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003, 12:21 PM

> To: 'bbledsoe@...'

> Subject: concerning information

>

> dear mr bledson,

> i wanted to write you a letter concernin your article about exploding ems

> myths....

> i was given the article by a lifetime board member of the ambulance service

> i have been actually a part of for 20 years. i have been an emt for 20 years

> and i am presently crew chief and an active president of the cisd/cism team

> for our area which i have been a part of for over 10 years. my paying job

> is a 911 dispatcher for police, fire & ems which i have been doing for over

> 17 years.

> when i was given the article i was quite taken back by it... not sure

> exactly how to take it.... then i decided the only was was to just be

> very upset!!!

> alot of the information in your article was very untrue. with all of my

> diffrenet experiences, i have watch several of them really happe, with a

> good outcome several times!!! you have written your article because you

> have a right to your opinions. did you ever stop to think about the damge

> it could cause, with those people who are not really sure about what they

> should or should not do? or maybe some of the new people involved in

> emergency services that maybe don't call for a helicopter when they should

> or run with red lights and siren when they should or get a cism/cisd

> intervention when they should.... because they were on the edge of not

> knowing what to do and your article pushed them over the wrong edge? what

> is going to happen then mr. bledson? maybe you don't care?

> i , like alot of people, read all the fire and ems magazine that set around

> the stations..... alot of people are going to read your article..... i

> would say that most probably wont agree with it. i persnoally hope your

> myths article will be the one that everybody does not read. mr bledson i

> don't mean any disrespect at all, i am just very upset be i that being all

> that i am and doing all that i have done to help people. and then poeple

> like you can right an article like that!!!!

>

> NAME WITHELD

> XXXXXX, Indiana

>

>

> -------------------------------------------------------

> And you wonder why EMS does not get the attention it deserves. Only today I

> got a dirty email saying the reading level of my textbooks is too high and

> we need to lower it. Jeez, I am going to quit and be a farmer (or a

> pirate).

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

It truly amazes me that this forum continues at this rate, poking fun at ones

that really care about the well being of their patients. You know, I rarely look

at the emails here and debate each time that I open my mail wheather to stay on

this list server or to be removed. I don't know about most of the folks here,

but some of you should just be on an instant messenger so you can make each

other glow in your little worlds. It seems that the ones that frequently post,

poke fun at folks, their spelling and try to degrade their posts, are the ones

that have too much time on their hands. Do you work? do you have a life? do you

have a family? do you spend time doing other things? Those of us that have had

experiences with the posters know that they really do not have a voice where it

counts. Bledsoe, why do you not show up at air provider meetings through out the

state? Why are you not involved in GETAC meetings? Why are you not at the state

level lobbying for your causes? It is obvious that you have lost your

creditability with the ones that are doing the right thing. I think that you

would be welcomed into any RAC meeting through out the state. Now, would you be

willing to be there? I doubt it, that is where you can make a difference, you

hide behind the computer and your publishings, never coming out to confront the

ones that you bash day in and day out. I have read your texts, in fact I

remember when you were a Paramedic on the streets of Ft.Worth, and the

admiration that lot's of folks had for you becoming a DO, now when your name is

mentioned in the RAC's, GETAC and Air Provider meetings throughout the state

people get this blank look and say things like, " are you serious " , " do you

really believe that he is serious " or you just get the roll of the eyes. Well,

good luck, keep the faith and remember you will get respect when you shoe

respect.

>

>

> Date: 2005/06/08 Wed PM 01:34:41 CDT

> To: < >, <Paramedicine >,

>

> Subject: The Email That Started it All

>

>

> ----Original Message-----

> From: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003, 12:21 PM

> To: 'bbledsoe@...'

> Subject: concerning information

>

> dear mr bledson,

> i wanted to write you a letter concernin your article about exploding ems

> myths....

> i was given the article by a lifetime board member of the ambulance service

> i have been actually a part of for 20 years. i have been an emt for 20 years

> and i am presently crew chief and an active president of the cisd/cism team

> for our area which i have been a part of for over 10 years. my paying job

> is a 911 dispatcher for police, fire & ems which i have been doing for over

> 17 years.

> when i was given the article i was quite taken back by it... not sure

> exactly how to take it.... then i decided the only was was to just be

> very upset!!!

> alot of the information in your article was very untrue. with all of my

> diffrenet experiences, i have watch several of them really happe, with a

> good outcome several times!!! you have written your article because you

> have a right to your opinions. did you ever stop to think about the damge

> it could cause, with those people who are not really sure about what they

> should or should not do? or maybe some of the new people involved in

> emergency services that maybe don't call for a helicopter when they should

> or run with red lights and siren when they should or get a cism/cisd

> intervention when they should.... because they were on the edge of not

> knowing what to do and your article pushed them over the wrong edge? what

> is going to happen then mr. bledson? maybe you don't care?

> i , like alot of people, read all the fire and ems magazine that set around

> the stations..... alot of people are going to read your article..... i

> would say that most probably wont agree with it. i persnoally hope your

> myths article will be the one that everybody does not read. mr bledson i

> don't mean any disrespect at all, i am just very upset be i that being all

> that i am and doing all that i have done to help people. and then poeple

> like you can right an article like that!!!!

>

> NAME WITHELD

> XXXXXX, Indiana

>

>

> -------------------------------------------------------

> And you wonder why EMS does not get the attention it deserves. Only today I

> got a dirty email saying the reading level of my textbooks is too high and

> we need to lower it. Jeez, I am going to quit and be a farmer (or a

> pirate).

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Isn't Dr. Bledsoe ON the GETAC Medical Director's Committee? Maybe

you misunderstood and were looking for Mr. Bledson...

Mike

> It truly amazes me that this forum continues at this rate, poking fun at ones

that really care about the well being of their patients. You know, I rarely look

at the emails here and debate each time that I open my mail wheather to stay on

this list server or to be removed. I don't know about most of the folks here,

but some of you should just be on an instant messenger so you can make each

other glow in your little worlds. It seems that the ones that frequently post,

poke fun at folks, their spelling and try to degrade their posts, are the ones

that have too much time on their hands. Do you work? do you have a life? do you

have a family? do you spend time doing other things? Those of us that have had

experiences with the posters know that they really do not have a voice where it

counts. Bledsoe, why do you not show up at air provider meetings through out the

state? Why are you not involved in GETAC meetings? Why are you not at the state

level lobbying for your causes? It is obvious that you have lost your

creditability with the ones that are doing the right thing. I think that you

would be welcomed into any RAC meeting through out the state. Now, would you be

willing to be there? I doubt it, that is where you can make a difference, you

hide behind the computer and your publishings, never coming out to confront the

ones that you bash day in and day out. I have read your texts, in fact I

remember when you were a Paramedic on the streets of Ft.Worth, and the

admiration that lot's of folks had for you becoming a DO, now when your name is

mentioned in the RAC's, GETAC and Air Provider meetings throughout the state

people get this blank look and say things like, " are you serious " , " do you

really believe that he is serious " or you just get the roll of the eyes. Well,

good luck, keep the faith and remember you will get respect when you shoe

respect.

> >

> >

> > Date: 2005/06/08 Wed PM 01:34:41 CDT

> > To: < >, <Paramedicine >,

> >

> > Subject: The Email That Started it All

> >

> >

> > ----Original Message-----

> > From: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

> > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003, 12:21 PM

> > To: 'bbledsoe@...'

> > Subject: concerning information

> >

> > dear mr bledson,

> > i wanted to write you a letter concernin your article about exploding ems

> > myths....

> > i was given the article by a lifetime board member of the ambulance service

> > i have been actually a part of for 20 years. i have been an emt for 20 years

> > and i am presently crew chief and an active president of the cisd/cism team

> > for our area which i have been a part of for over 10 years. my paying job

> > is a 911 dispatcher for police, fire & ems which i have been doing for over

> > 17 years.

> > when i was given the article i was quite taken back by it... not sure

> > exactly how to take it.... then i decided the only was was to just be

> > very upset!!!

> > alot of the information in your article was very untrue. with all of my

> > diffrenet experiences, i have watch several of them really happe, with a

> > good outcome several times!!! you have written your article because you

> > have a right to your opinions. did you ever stop to think about the damge

> > it could cause, with those people who are not really sure about what they

> > should or should not do? or maybe some of the new people involved in

> > emergency services that maybe don't call for a helicopter when they should

> > or run with red lights and siren when they should or get a cism/cisd

> > intervention when they should.... because they were on the edge of not

> > knowing what to do and your article pushed them over the wrong edge? what

> > is going to happen then mr. bledson? maybe you don't care?

> > i , like alot of people, read all the fire and ems magazine that set around

> > the stations..... alot of people are going to read your article..... i

> > would say that most probably wont agree with it. i persnoally hope your

> > myths article will be the one that everybody does not read. mr bledson i

> > don't mean any disrespect at all, i am just very upset be i that being all

> > that i am and doing all that i have done to help people. and then poeple

> > like you can right an article like that!!!!

> >

> > NAME WITHELD

> > XXXXXX, Indiana

> >

> >

> > -------------------------------------------------------

> > And you wonder why EMS does not get the attention it deserves. Only today I

> > got a dirty email saying the reading level of my textbooks is too high and

> > we need to lower it. Jeez, I am going to quit and be a farmer (or a

> > pirate).

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Isn't Dr. Bledsoe ON the GETAC Medical Director's Committee? Maybe

you misunderstood and were looking for Mr. Bledson...

Mike

> It truly amazes me that this forum continues at this rate, poking fun at ones

that really care about the well being of their patients. You know, I rarely look

at the emails here and debate each time that I open my mail wheather to stay on

this list server or to be removed. I don't know about most of the folks here,

but some of you should just be on an instant messenger so you can make each

other glow in your little worlds. It seems that the ones that frequently post,

poke fun at folks, their spelling and try to degrade their posts, are the ones

that have too much time on their hands. Do you work? do you have a life? do you

have a family? do you spend time doing other things? Those of us that have had

experiences with the posters know that they really do not have a voice where it

counts. Bledsoe, why do you not show up at air provider meetings through out the

state? Why are you not involved in GETAC meetings? Why are you not at the state

level lobbying for your causes? It is obvious that you have lost your

creditability with the ones that are doing the right thing. I think that you

would be welcomed into any RAC meeting through out the state. Now, would you be

willing to be there? I doubt it, that is where you can make a difference, you

hide behind the computer and your publishings, never coming out to confront the

ones that you bash day in and day out. I have read your texts, in fact I

remember when you were a Paramedic on the streets of Ft.Worth, and the

admiration that lot's of folks had for you becoming a DO, now when your name is

mentioned in the RAC's, GETAC and Air Provider meetings throughout the state

people get this blank look and say things like, " are you serious " , " do you

really believe that he is serious " or you just get the roll of the eyes. Well,

good luck, keep the faith and remember you will get respect when you shoe

respect.

> >

> >

> > Date: 2005/06/08 Wed PM 01:34:41 CDT

> > To: < >, <Paramedicine >,

> >

> > Subject: The Email That Started it All

> >

> >

> > ----Original Message-----

> > From: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

> > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003, 12:21 PM

> > To: 'bbledsoe@...'

> > Subject: concerning information

> >

> > dear mr bledson,

> > i wanted to write you a letter concernin your article about exploding ems

> > myths....

> > i was given the article by a lifetime board member of the ambulance service

> > i have been actually a part of for 20 years. i have been an emt for 20 years

> > and i am presently crew chief and an active president of the cisd/cism team

> > for our area which i have been a part of for over 10 years. my paying job

> > is a 911 dispatcher for police, fire & ems which i have been doing for over

> > 17 years.

> > when i was given the article i was quite taken back by it... not sure

> > exactly how to take it.... then i decided the only was was to just be

> > very upset!!!

> > alot of the information in your article was very untrue. with all of my

> > diffrenet experiences, i have watch several of them really happe, with a

> > good outcome several times!!! you have written your article because you

> > have a right to your opinions. did you ever stop to think about the damge

> > it could cause, with those people who are not really sure about what they

> > should or should not do? or maybe some of the new people involved in

> > emergency services that maybe don't call for a helicopter when they should

> > or run with red lights and siren when they should or get a cism/cisd

> > intervention when they should.... because they were on the edge of not

> > knowing what to do and your article pushed them over the wrong edge? what

> > is going to happen then mr. bledson? maybe you don't care?

> > i , like alot of people, read all the fire and ems magazine that set around

> > the stations..... alot of people are going to read your article..... i

> > would say that most probably wont agree with it. i persnoally hope your

> > myths article will be the one that everybody does not read. mr bledson i

> > don't mean any disrespect at all, i am just very upset be i that being all

> > that i am and doing all that i have done to help people. and then poeple

> > like you can right an article like that!!!!

> >

> > NAME WITHELD

> > XXXXXX, Indiana

> >

> >

> > -------------------------------------------------------

> > And you wonder why EMS does not get the attention it deserves. Only today I

> > got a dirty email saying the reading level of my textbooks is too high and

> > we need to lower it. Jeez, I am going to quit and be a farmer (or a

> > pirate).

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

You are aware that Bledsoe is very involved with TEMSF, has tried to

be more involved with EMSAT, and that EMStock is held on HIS personal

homestead each time? In setting up the first EMStock, took a

very, very active role and without his help, contacts and doggeddness,

EMStock would never have come into being.

While he's certainly controversial, I'd hesitate to question his

dedication and involvement with regards to EMS.

Mike

> It truly amazes me that this forum continues at this rate, poking fun at ones

that really care about the well being of their patients. You know, I rarely look

at the emails here and debate each time that I open my mail wheather to stay on

this list server or to be removed. I don't know about most of the folks here,

but some of you should just be on an instant messenger so you can make each

other glow in your little worlds. It seems that the ones that frequently post,

poke fun at folks, their spelling and try to degrade their posts, are the ones

that have too much time on their hands. Do you work? do you have a life? do you

have a family? do you spend time doing other things? Those of us that have had

experiences with the posters know that they really do not have a voice where it

counts. Bledsoe, why do you not show up at air provider meetings through out the

state? Why are you not involved in GETAC meetings? Why are you not at the state

level lobbying for your causes? It is obvious that you have lost your

creditability with the ones that are doing the right thing. I think that you

would be welcomed into any RAC meeting through out the state. Now, would you be

willing to be there? I doubt it, that is where you can make a difference, you

hide behind the computer and your publishings, never coming out to confront the

ones that you bash day in and day out. I have read your texts, in fact I

remember when you were a Paramedic on the streets of Ft.Worth, and the

admiration that lot's of folks had for you becoming a DO, now when your name is

mentioned in the RAC's, GETAC and Air Provider meetings throughout the state

people get this blank look and say things like, " are you serious " , " do you

really believe that he is serious " or you just get the roll of the eyes. Well,

good luck, keep the faith and remember you will get respect when you shoe

respect.

> >

> >

> > Date: 2005/06/08 Wed PM 01:34:41 CDT

> > To: < >, <Paramedicine >,

> >

> > Subject: The Email That Started it All

> >

> >

> > ----Original Message-----

> > From: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

> > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003, 12:21 PM

> > To: 'bbledsoe@...'

> > Subject: concerning information

> >

> > dear mr bledson,

> > i wanted to write you a letter concernin your article about exploding ems

> > myths....

> > i was given the article by a lifetime board member of the ambulance service

> > i have been actually a part of for 20 years. i have been an emt for 20 years

> > and i am presently crew chief and an active president of the cisd/cism team

> > for our area which i have been a part of for over 10 years. my paying job

> > is a 911 dispatcher for police, fire & ems which i have been doing for over

> > 17 years.

> > when i was given the article i was quite taken back by it... not sure

> > exactly how to take it.... then i decided the only was was to just be

> > very upset!!!

> > alot of the information in your article was very untrue. with all of my

> > diffrenet experiences, i have watch several of them really happe, with a

> > good outcome several times!!! you have written your article because you

> > have a right to your opinions. did you ever stop to think about the damge

> > it could cause, with those people who are not really sure about what they

> > should or should not do? or maybe some of the new people involved in

> > emergency services that maybe don't call for a helicopter when they should

> > or run with red lights and siren when they should or get a cism/cisd

> > intervention when they should.... because they were on the edge of not

> > knowing what to do and your article pushed them over the wrong edge? what

> > is going to happen then mr. bledson? maybe you don't care?

> > i , like alot of people, read all the fire and ems magazine that set around

> > the stations..... alot of people are going to read your article..... i

> > would say that most probably wont agree with it. i persnoally hope your

> > myths article will be the one that everybody does not read. mr bledson i

> > don't mean any disrespect at all, i am just very upset be i that being all

> > that i am and doing all that i have done to help people. and then poeple

> > like you can right an article like that!!!!

> >

> > NAME WITHELD

> > XXXXXX, Indiana

> >

> >

> > -------------------------------------------------------

> > And you wonder why EMS does not get the attention it deserves. Only today I

> > got a dirty email saying the reading level of my textbooks is too high and

> > we need to lower it. Jeez, I am going to quit and be a farmer (or a

> > pirate).

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

You are aware that Bledsoe is very involved with TEMSF, has tried to

be more involved with EMSAT, and that EMStock is held on HIS personal

homestead each time? In setting up the first EMStock, took a

very, very active role and without his help, contacts and doggeddness,

EMStock would never have come into being.

While he's certainly controversial, I'd hesitate to question his

dedication and involvement with regards to EMS.

Mike

> It truly amazes me that this forum continues at this rate, poking fun at ones

that really care about the well being of their patients. You know, I rarely look

at the emails here and debate each time that I open my mail wheather to stay on

this list server or to be removed. I don't know about most of the folks here,

but some of you should just be on an instant messenger so you can make each

other glow in your little worlds. It seems that the ones that frequently post,

poke fun at folks, their spelling and try to degrade their posts, are the ones

that have too much time on their hands. Do you work? do you have a life? do you

have a family? do you spend time doing other things? Those of us that have had

experiences with the posters know that they really do not have a voice where it

counts. Bledsoe, why do you not show up at air provider meetings through out the

state? Why are you not involved in GETAC meetings? Why are you not at the state

level lobbying for your causes? It is obvious that you have lost your

creditability with the ones that are doing the right thing. I think that you

would be welcomed into any RAC meeting through out the state. Now, would you be

willing to be there? I doubt it, that is where you can make a difference, you

hide behind the computer and your publishings, never coming out to confront the

ones that you bash day in and day out. I have read your texts, in fact I

remember when you were a Paramedic on the streets of Ft.Worth, and the

admiration that lot's of folks had for you becoming a DO, now when your name is

mentioned in the RAC's, GETAC and Air Provider meetings throughout the state

people get this blank look and say things like, " are you serious " , " do you

really believe that he is serious " or you just get the roll of the eyes. Well,

good luck, keep the faith and remember you will get respect when you shoe

respect.

> >

> >

> > Date: 2005/06/08 Wed PM 01:34:41 CDT

> > To: < >, <Paramedicine >,

> >

> > Subject: The Email That Started it All

> >

> >

> > ----Original Message-----

> > From: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

> > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003, 12:21 PM

> > To: 'bbledsoe@...'

> > Subject: concerning information

> >

> > dear mr bledson,

> > i wanted to write you a letter concernin your article about exploding ems

> > myths....

> > i was given the article by a lifetime board member of the ambulance service

> > i have been actually a part of for 20 years. i have been an emt for 20 years

> > and i am presently crew chief and an active president of the cisd/cism team

> > for our area which i have been a part of for over 10 years. my paying job

> > is a 911 dispatcher for police, fire & ems which i have been doing for over

> > 17 years.

> > when i was given the article i was quite taken back by it... not sure

> > exactly how to take it.... then i decided the only was was to just be

> > very upset!!!

> > alot of the information in your article was very untrue. with all of my

> > diffrenet experiences, i have watch several of them really happe, with a

> > good outcome several times!!! you have written your article because you

> > have a right to your opinions. did you ever stop to think about the damge

> > it could cause, with those people who are not really sure about what they

> > should or should not do? or maybe some of the new people involved in

> > emergency services that maybe don't call for a helicopter when they should

> > or run with red lights and siren when they should or get a cism/cisd

> > intervention when they should.... because they were on the edge of not

> > knowing what to do and your article pushed them over the wrong edge? what

> > is going to happen then mr. bledson? maybe you don't care?

> > i , like alot of people, read all the fire and ems magazine that set around

> > the stations..... alot of people are going to read your article..... i

> > would say that most probably wont agree with it. i persnoally hope your

> > myths article will be the one that everybody does not read. mr bledson i

> > don't mean any disrespect at all, i am just very upset be i that being all

> > that i am and doing all that i have done to help people. and then poeple

> > like you can right an article like that!!!!

> >

> > NAME WITHELD

> > XXXXXX, Indiana

> >

> >

> > -------------------------------------------------------

> > And you wonder why EMS does not get the attention it deserves. Only today I

> > got a dirty email saying the reading level of my textbooks is too high and

> > we need to lower it. Jeez, I am going to quit and be a farmer (or a

> > pirate).

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

You are aware that Bledsoe is very involved with TEMSF, has tried to

be more involved with EMSAT, and that EMStock is held on HIS personal

homestead each time? In setting up the first EMStock, took a

very, very active role and without his help, contacts and doggeddness,

EMStock would never have come into being.

While he's certainly controversial, I'd hesitate to question his

dedication and involvement with regards to EMS.

Mike

> It truly amazes me that this forum continues at this rate, poking fun at ones

that really care about the well being of their patients. You know, I rarely look

at the emails here and debate each time that I open my mail wheather to stay on

this list server or to be removed. I don't know about most of the folks here,

but some of you should just be on an instant messenger so you can make each

other glow in your little worlds. It seems that the ones that frequently post,

poke fun at folks, their spelling and try to degrade their posts, are the ones

that have too much time on their hands. Do you work? do you have a life? do you

have a family? do you spend time doing other things? Those of us that have had

experiences with the posters know that they really do not have a voice where it

counts. Bledsoe, why do you not show up at air provider meetings through out the

state? Why are you not involved in GETAC meetings? Why are you not at the state

level lobbying for your causes? It is obvious that you have lost your

creditability with the ones that are doing the right thing. I think that you

would be welcomed into any RAC meeting through out the state. Now, would you be

willing to be there? I doubt it, that is where you can make a difference, you

hide behind the computer and your publishings, never coming out to confront the

ones that you bash day in and day out. I have read your texts, in fact I

remember when you were a Paramedic on the streets of Ft.Worth, and the

admiration that lot's of folks had for you becoming a DO, now when your name is

mentioned in the RAC's, GETAC and Air Provider meetings throughout the state

people get this blank look and say things like, " are you serious " , " do you

really believe that he is serious " or you just get the roll of the eyes. Well,

good luck, keep the faith and remember you will get respect when you shoe

respect.

> >

> >

> > Date: 2005/06/08 Wed PM 01:34:41 CDT

> > To: < >, <Paramedicine >,

> >

> > Subject: The Email That Started it All

> >

> >

> > ----Original Message-----

> > From: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

> > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003, 12:21 PM

> > To: 'bbledsoe@...'

> > Subject: concerning information

> >

> > dear mr bledson,

> > i wanted to write you a letter concernin your article about exploding ems

> > myths....

> > i was given the article by a lifetime board member of the ambulance service

> > i have been actually a part of for 20 years. i have been an emt for 20 years

> > and i am presently crew chief and an active president of the cisd/cism team

> > for our area which i have been a part of for over 10 years. my paying job

> > is a 911 dispatcher for police, fire & ems which i have been doing for over

> > 17 years.

> > when i was given the article i was quite taken back by it... not sure

> > exactly how to take it.... then i decided the only was was to just be

> > very upset!!!

> > alot of the information in your article was very untrue. with all of my

> > diffrenet experiences, i have watch several of them really happe, with a

> > good outcome several times!!! you have written your article because you

> > have a right to your opinions. did you ever stop to think about the damge

> > it could cause, with those people who are not really sure about what they

> > should or should not do? or maybe some of the new people involved in

> > emergency services that maybe don't call for a helicopter when they should

> > or run with red lights and siren when they should or get a cism/cisd

> > intervention when they should.... because they were on the edge of not

> > knowing what to do and your article pushed them over the wrong edge? what

> > is going to happen then mr. bledson? maybe you don't care?

> > i , like alot of people, read all the fire and ems magazine that set around

> > the stations..... alot of people are going to read your article..... i

> > would say that most probably wont agree with it. i persnoally hope your

> > myths article will be the one that everybody does not read. mr bledson i

> > don't mean any disrespect at all, i am just very upset be i that being all

> > that i am and doing all that i have done to help people. and then poeple

> > like you can right an article like that!!!!

> >

> > NAME WITHELD

> > XXXXXX, Indiana

> >

> >

> > -------------------------------------------------------

> > And you wonder why EMS does not get the attention it deserves. Only today I

> > got a dirty email saying the reading level of my textbooks is too high and

> > we need to lower it. Jeez, I am going to quit and be a farmer (or a

> > pirate).

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Possibly a book on dirt farming in ems.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

concerning information

dear mr bledson,

i wanted to write you a letter concernin your article about exploding ems

myths....

i was given the article by a lifetime board member of the ambulance service

i have been actually a part of for 20 years. i have been an emt for 20 years

and i am presently crew chief and an active president of the cisd/cism team

for our area which i have been a part of for over 10 years. my paying job

is a 911 dispatcher for police, fire & ems which i have been doing for over

17 years.

when i was given the article i was quite taken back by it... not sure

exactly how to take it.... then i decided the only was was to just be

very upset!!!

alot of the information in your article was very untrue. with all of my

diffrenet experiences, i have watch several of them really happe, with a

good outcome several times!!! you have written your article because you

have a right to your opinions. did you ever stop to think about the damge

it could cause, with those people who are not really sure about what they

should or should not do? or maybe some of the new people involved in

emergency services that maybe don't call for a helicopter when they should

or run with red lights and siren when they should or get a cism/cisd

intervention when they should.... because they were on the edge of not

knowing what to do and your article pushed them over the wrong edge? what

is going to happen then mr. bledson? maybe you don't care?

i , like alot of people, read all the fire and ems magazine that set around

the stations..... alot of people are going to read your article..... i

would say that most probably wont agree with it. i persnoally hope your

myths article will be the one that everybody does not read. mr bledson i

don't mean any disrespect at all, i am just very upset be i that being all

that i am and doing all that i have done to help people. and then poeple

like you can right an article like that!!!!

NAME WITHELD

XXXXXX, Indiana

-------------------------------------------------------

And you wonder why EMS does not get the attention it deserves. Only today I

got a dirty email saying the reading level of my textbooks is too high and

we need to lower it. Jeez, I am going to quit and be a farmer (or a

pirate).

[Guest guest]

Possibly a book on dirt farming in ems.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

concerning information

dear mr bledson,

i wanted to write you a letter concernin your article about exploding ems

myths....

i was given the article by a lifetime board member of the ambulance service

i have been actually a part of for 20 years. i have been an emt for 20 years

and i am presently crew chief and an active president of the cisd/cism team

for our area which i have been a part of for over 10 years. my paying job

is a 911 dispatcher for police, fire & ems which i have been doing for over

17 years.

when i was given the article i was quite taken back by it... not sure

exactly how to take it.... then i decided the only was was to just be

very upset!!!

alot of the information in your article was very untrue. with all of my

diffrenet experiences, i have watch several of them really happe, with a

good outcome several times!!! you have written your article because you

have a right to your opinions. did you ever stop to think about the damge

it could cause, with those people who are not really sure about what they

should or should not do? or maybe some of the new people involved in

emergency services that maybe don't call for a helicopter when they should

or run with red lights and siren when they should or get a cism/cisd

intervention when they should.... because they were on the edge of not

knowing what to do and your article pushed them over the wrong edge? what

is going to happen then mr. bledson? maybe you don't care?

i , like alot of people, read all the fire and ems magazine that set around

the stations..... alot of people are going to read your article..... i

would say that most probably wont agree with it. i persnoally hope your

myths article will be the one that everybody does not read. mr bledson i

don't mean any disrespect at all, i am just very upset be i that being all

that i am and doing all that i have done to help people. and then poeple

like you can right an article like that!!!!

NAME WITHELD

XXXXXX, Indiana

-------------------------------------------------------

And you wonder why EMS does not get the attention it deserves. Only today I

got a dirty email saying the reading level of my textbooks is too high and

we need to lower it. Jeez, I am going to quit and be a farmer (or a

pirate).

[Guest guest]

Possibly a book on dirt farming in ems.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

concerning information

dear mr bledson,

i wanted to write you a letter concernin your article about exploding ems

myths....

i was given the article by a lifetime board member of the ambulance service

i have been actually a part of for 20 years. i have been an emt for 20 years

and i am presently crew chief and an active president of the cisd/cism team

for our area which i have been a part of for over 10 years. my paying job

is a 911 dispatcher for police, fire & ems which i have been doing for over

17 years.

when i was given the article i was quite taken back by it... not sure

exactly how to take it.... then i decided the only was was to just be

very upset!!!

alot of the information in your article was very untrue. with all of my

diffrenet experiences, i have watch several of them really happe, with a

good outcome several times!!! you have written your article because you

have a right to your opinions. did you ever stop to think about the damge

it could cause, with those people who are not really sure about what they

should or should not do? or maybe some of the new people involved in

emergency services that maybe don't call for a helicopter when they should

or run with red lights and siren when they should or get a cism/cisd

intervention when they should.... because they were on the edge of not

knowing what to do and your article pushed them over the wrong edge? what

is going to happen then mr. bledson? maybe you don't care?

i , like alot of people, read all the fire and ems magazine that set around

the stations..... alot of people are going to read your article..... i

would say that most probably wont agree with it. i persnoally hope your

myths article will be the one that everybody does not read. mr bledson i

don't mean any disrespect at all, i am just very upset be i that being all

that i am and doing all that i have done to help people. and then poeple

like you can right an article like that!!!!

NAME WITHELD

XXXXXX, Indiana

-------------------------------------------------------

And you wonder why EMS does not get the attention it deserves. Only today I

got a dirty email saying the reading level of my textbooks is too high and

we need to lower it. Jeez, I am going to quit and be a farmer (or a

pirate).

[Guest guest]

Perhaps a book on EMS Pirates.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Re: The Email That Started it All

I've worked in agriculture. My advice: Go for the

pirate option.

Maxine Pate

>-------------------------------------------------------

>And you wonder why EMS does not get the attention

it deserves. Only today I

>got a dirty email saying the reading level of my

textbooks is too high and

>we need to lower it. Jeez, I am going to quit and

be a farmer (or a

>pirate).

>

>

>[Non-text portions of this message have been

removed]

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Sorry I commented on the scrotum poll.

I promise to never comment on the scrotum poll again. At the top of my scrotum

poll is a large seals head.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

concerning information

>

> dear mr bledson,

> i wanted to write you a letter concernin your article about exploding ems

> myths....

> i was given the article by a lifetime board member of the ambulance service

> i have been actually a part of for 20 years. i have been an emt for 20 years

> and i am presently crew chief and an active president of the cisd/cism team

> for our area which i have been a part of for over 10 years. my paying job

> is a 911 dispatcher for police, fire & ems which i have been doing for over

> 17 years.

> when i was given the article i was quite taken back by it... not sure

> exactly how to take it.... then i decided the only was was to just be

> very upset!!!

> alot of the information in your article was very untrue. with all of my

> diffrenet experiences, i have watch several of them really happe, with a

> good outcome several times!!! you have written your article because you

> have a right to your opinions. did you ever stop to think about the damge

> it could cause, with those people who are not really sure about what they

> should or should not do? or maybe some of the new people involved in

> emergency services that maybe don't call for a helicopter when they should

> or run with red lights and siren when they should or get a cism/cisd

> intervention when they should.... because they were on the edge of not

> knowing what to do and your article pushed them over the wrong edge? what

> is going to happen then mr. bledson? maybe you don't care?

> i , like alot of people, read all the fire and ems magazine that set around

> the stations..... alot of people are going to read your article..... i

> would say that most probably wont agree with it. i persnoally hope your

> myths article will be the one that everybody does not read. mr bledson i

> don't mean any disrespect at all, i am just very upset be i that being all

> that i am and doing all that i have done to help people. and then poeple

> like you can right an article like that!!!!

>

> NAME WITHELD

> XXXXXX, Indiana

>

>

> -------------------------------------------------------

> And you wonder why EMS does not get the attention it deserves. Only today I

> got a dirty email saying the reading level of my textbooks is too high and

> we need to lower it. Jeez, I am going to quit and be a farmer (or a

> pirate).

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I sir am retired and am now a consultant to a local ems provider and work part

time for them as an acls paramedic. I promise to find a job and better utilize

my time.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

concerning information

> >

> > dear mr bledson,

> > i wanted to write you a letter concernin your article about exploding ems

> > myths....

> > i was given the article by a lifetime board member of the ambulance

service

> > i have been actually a part of for 20 years. i have been an emt for 20

years

> > and i am presently crew chief and an active president of the cisd/cism

team

> > for our area which i have been a part of for over 10 years. my paying

job

> > is a 911 dispatcher for police, fire & ems which i have been doing for

over

> > 17 years.

> > when i was given the article i was quite taken back by it... not sure

> > exactly how to take it.... then i decided the only was was to just be

> > very upset!!!

> > alot of the information in your article was very untrue. with all of my

> > diffrenet experiences, i have watch several of them really happe, with a

> > good outcome several times!!! you have written your article because you

> > have a right to your opinions. did you ever stop to think about the damge

> > it could cause, with those people who are not really sure about what they

> > should or should not do? or maybe some of the new people involved in

> > emergency services that maybe don't call for a helicopter when they should

> > or run with red lights and siren when they should or get a cism/cisd

> > intervention when they should.... because they were on the edge of not

> > knowing what to do and your article pushed them over the wrong edge? what

> > is going to happen then mr. bledson? maybe you don't care?

> > i , like alot of people, read all the fire and ems magazine that set

around

> > the stations..... alot of people are going to read your article..... i

> > would say that most probably wont agree with it. i persnoally hope your

> > myths article will be the one that everybody does not read. mr bledson i

> > don't mean any disrespect at all, i am just very upset be i that being all

> > that i am and doing all that i have done to help people. and then poeple

> > like you can right an article like that!!!!

> >

> > NAME WITHELD

> > XXXXXX, Indiana

> >

> >

> > -------------------------------------------------------

> > And you wonder why EMS does not get the attention it deserves. Only today

I

> > got a dirty email saying the reading level of my textbooks is too high and

> > we need to lower it. Jeez, I am going to quit and be a farmer (or a

> > pirate).

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

I don't care for some of the patronizing I see on the various lists

either, and this person may have some valid points. However, all

credibility is lost by the anonymous nature of the post. Who is this

person? What credentials do they posess? Do they attend the

meetings/events/forums they vilify Dr. Bledsoe for failing to attend?

May I ask this person to identify themself and give us an idea as to

affiliation/credentials? Or is that too much to ask?

Roy Strange, EMT-P

> It truly amazes me that this forum continues at this rate, poking

fun at ones that really care about the well being of their patients.

You know, I rarely look at the emails here and debate each time that

I open my mail wheather to stay on this list server or to be removed.

I don't know about most of the folks here, but some of you should

just be on an instant messenger so you can make each other glow in

your little worlds. It seems that the ones that frequently post, poke

fun at folks, their spelling and try to degrade their posts, are the

ones that have too much time on their hands. Do you work? do you have

a life? do you have a family? do you spend time doing other things?

Those of us that have had experiences with the posters know that they

really do not have a voice where it counts. Bledsoe, why do you not

show up at air provider meetings through out the state? Why are you

not involved in GETAC meetings? Why are you not at the state level

lobbying for your causes? It is obvious that you have lost your

creditability with the ones that are doing the right thing. I think

that you would be welcomed into any RAC meeting through out the

state. Now, would you be willing to be there? I doubt it, that is

where you can make a difference, you hide behind the computer and

your publishings, never coming out to confront the ones that you bash

day in and day out. I have read your texts, in fact I remember when

you were a Paramedic on the streets of Ft.Worth, and the admiration

that lot's of folks had for you becoming a DO, now when your name is

mentioned in the RAC's, GETAC and Air Provider meetings throughout

the state people get this blank look and say things like, " are you

serious " , " do you really believe that he is serious " or you just get

the roll of the eyes. Well, good luck, keep the faith and remember

you will get respect when you shoe respect.

> >

> > From: " Bledsoe " <bbledsoe@e...>

> > Date: 2005/06/08 Wed PM 01:34:41 CDT

> > To: < >,

<Paramedicine >,

> > <ems-l@n...>

> > Subject: The Email That Started it All

> >

> >

> > ----Original Message-----

> > From: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

> > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003, 12:21 PM

> > To: 'bbledsoe@e...'

> > Subject: concerning information

> >

> > dear mr bledson,

> > i wanted to write you a letter concernin your article about

exploding ems

> > myths....

> > i was given the article by a lifetime board member of the

ambulance service

> > i have been actually a part of for 20 years. i have been an emt

for 20 years

> > and i am presently crew chief and an active president of the

cisd/cism team

> > for our area which i have been a part of for over 10 years. my

paying job

> > is a 911 dispatcher for police, fire & ems which i have been

doing for over

> > 17 years.

> > when i was given the article i was quite taken back by it...

not sure

> > exactly how to take it.... then i decided the only was was to

just be

> > very upset!!!

> > alot of the information in your article was very untrue. with

all of my

> > diffrenet experiences, i have watch several of them really happe,

with a

> > good outcome several times!!! you have written your article

because you

> > have a right to your opinions. did you ever stop to think about

the damge

> > it could cause, with those people who are not really sure about

what they

> > should or should not do? or maybe some of the new people

involved in

> > emergency services that maybe don't call for a helicopter when

they should

> > or run with red lights and siren when they should or get a

cism/cisd

> > intervention when they should.... because they were on the

edge of not

> > knowing what to do and your article pushed them over the wrong

edge? what

> > is going to happen then mr. bledson? maybe you don't care?

> > i , like alot of people, read all the fire and ems magazine that

set around

> > the stations..... alot of people are going to read your

article..... i

> > would say that most probably wont agree with it. i persnoally

hope your

> > myths article will be the one that everybody does not read. mr

bledson i

> > don't mean any disrespect at all, i am just very upset be i that

being all

> > that i am and doing all that i have done to help people. and then

poeple

> > like you can right an article like that!!!!

> >

> > NAME WITHELD

> > XXXXXX, Indiana

> >

> >

> > -------------------------------------------------------

> > And you wonder why EMS does not get the attention it deserves.

Only today I

> > got a dirty email saying the reading level of my textbooks is too

high and

> > we need to lower it. Jeez, I am going to quit and be a farmer

(or a

> > pirate).

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

I don't care for some of the patronizing I see on the various lists

either, and this person may have some valid points. However, all

credibility is lost by the anonymous nature of the post. Who is this

person? What credentials do they posess? Do they attend the

meetings/events/forums they vilify Dr. Bledsoe for failing to attend?

May I ask this person to identify themself and give us an idea as to

affiliation/credentials? Or is that too much to ask?

Roy Strange, EMT-P

> It truly amazes me that this forum continues at this rate, poking

fun at ones that really care about the well being of their patients.

You know, I rarely look at the emails here and debate each time that

I open my mail wheather to stay on this list server or to be removed.

I don't know about most of the folks here, but some of you should

just be on an instant messenger so you can make each other glow in

your little worlds. It seems that the ones that frequently post, poke

fun at folks, their spelling and try to degrade their posts, are the

ones that have too much time on their hands. Do you work? do you have

a life? do you have a family? do you spend time doing other things?

Those of us that have had experiences with the posters know that they

really do not have a voice where it counts. Bledsoe, why do you not

show up at air provider meetings through out the state? Why are you

not involved in GETAC meetings? Why are you not at the state level

lobbying for your causes? It is obvious that you have lost your

creditability with the ones that are doing the right thing. I think

that you would be welcomed into any RAC meeting through out the

state. Now, would you be willing to be there? I doubt it, that is

where you can make a difference, you hide behind the computer and

your publishings, never coming out to confront the ones that you bash

day in and day out. I have read your texts, in fact I remember when

you were a Paramedic on the streets of Ft.Worth, and the admiration

that lot's of folks had for you becoming a DO, now when your name is

mentioned in the RAC's, GETAC and Air Provider meetings throughout

the state people get this blank look and say things like, " are you

serious " , " do you really believe that he is serious " or you just get

the roll of the eyes. Well, good luck, keep the faith and remember

you will get respect when you shoe respect.

> >

> > From: " Bledsoe " <bbledsoe@e...>

> > Date: 2005/06/08 Wed PM 01:34:41 CDT

> > To: < >,

<Paramedicine >,

> > <ems-l@n...>

> > Subject: The Email That Started it All

> >

> >

> > ----Original Message-----

> > From: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

> > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003, 12:21 PM

> > To: 'bbledsoe@e...'

> > Subject: concerning information

> >

> > dear mr bledson,

> > i wanted to write you a letter concernin your article about

exploding ems

> > myths....

> > i was given the article by a lifetime board member of the

ambulance service

> > i have been actually a part of for 20 years. i have been an emt

for 20 years

> > and i am presently crew chief and an active president of the

cisd/cism team

> > for our area which i have been a part of for over 10 years. my

paying job

> > is a 911 dispatcher for police, fire & ems which i have been

doing for over

> > 17 years.

> > when i was given the article i was quite taken back by it...

not sure

> > exactly how to take it.... then i decided the only was was to

just be

> > very upset!!!

> > alot of the information in your article was very untrue. with

all of my

> > diffrenet experiences, i have watch several of them really happe,

with a

> > good outcome several times!!! you have written your article

because you

> > have a right to your opinions. did you ever stop to think about

the damge

> > it could cause, with those people who are not really sure about

what they

> > should or should not do? or maybe some of the new people

involved in

> > emergency services that maybe don't call for a helicopter when

they should

> > or run with red lights and siren when they should or get a

cism/cisd

> > intervention when they should.... because they were on the

edge of not

> > knowing what to do and your article pushed them over the wrong

edge? what

> > is going to happen then mr. bledson? maybe you don't care?

> > i , like alot of people, read all the fire and ems magazine that

set around

> > the stations..... alot of people are going to read your

article..... i

> > would say that most probably wont agree with it. i persnoally

hope your

> > myths article will be the one that everybody does not read. mr

bledson i

> > don't mean any disrespect at all, i am just very upset be i that

being all

> > that i am and doing all that i have done to help people. and then

poeple

> > like you can right an article like that!!!!

> >

> > NAME WITHELD

> > XXXXXX, Indiana

> >

> >

> > -------------------------------------------------------

> > And you wonder why EMS does not get the attention it deserves.

Only today I

> > got a dirty email saying the reading level of my textbooks is too

high and

> > we need to lower it. Jeez, I am going to quit and be a farmer

(or a

> > pirate).

> >

> >

> >