You are a Firefighter Paramedic in a metro service with a rather dry sense of humor. Frustrated and angry with the status quo you chose to start a blog. Not a blog to change things, but a blog to vent your frustrations and blow off some steam.
You have been trying to make a change to your system, but no one up the ranks will listen to new ideas.
Then a person you have known for a little while comes forward with an opportunity to help you advance your concepts in a way that will make the higher-ups take notice and prove the ideas could work.
The Only drawback is that you must reveal your identity and association with your blog, possibly ending your cheap therapy.
Although anyone with basic internet skills knows whereabouts you are, the details could bring consequences should the brass not appreciate your tone in some posts.
Keep quiet and keep posting or go for broke and get things changed? You make the call.
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(Maybe it can be fully handed off to the Angry Captain and he can funnel stories to us?)
"The blog is mightier than the sword!" *
I just decided to take full credit for that quote, any future use must have prior written permission from me.
Are you looking for a pair of brass bars now??
Why would you have to reveal your secret identity??
Unless someone who gets paid more than you says, "HM. Knock this shit off.". Then you're pretty much screwed.
Speaking from what I've seen, it could go either way. "Kelly" from A Day in the Life of An Ambulance Driver found success when he turned his stories into a book. But another law enforcement blog that I know of has been told by his superiors to stop posting, so the blog has gone dead.
A teacher I'm familiar with hosts her public blog and also a private blog for invited readers only, but that was mainly due to administration finding out she had a blog in the first place and she didnt want to offend the admins.
From a personal standpoint, I enjoy your blog and wish i had found it sooner. On the other hand, i'd love to find out where you're at to see if theres any online police fire ems radio transmissions i can eavesdrop on lolol. <-- still getting the 10- codes down.
There is always a way around it and I have some good ideas on the subject. A similar thing happened to a friend of mine and he managed to come to a happy conclusion.
Since you sell items through the blog it may further complicate your relations with the department ... remember your first days on FFN.
Do you have enough seniority?
Would revealing your idenity endanger your desire to be the Happy Captain or Happy Chief?
Will coming out from behind the keyboard make you happier?
The health care issues that are driving you crazy are driven by Medicare and other national issues, is there a way you can tackle those issues without revealing your Happy Medic activities?
I look forward to your blog entries and will support you either way.
Mike, who can show my name because I am retired.
Looks like I need to find a clever way to do both.
Now back to whatever it is you should be doing!
HM
1. Do medics/firefighters/ems/police look at the contacts list in a persons cell phone in help of identifying a person they're trying to help that is unconsious or otherwise unable to provide information?
2. My cellphone contacts list has an "ICE" - In Case of Emergency option. Basically 3 contact spaces to assign, and a space for personal information to go... The contacts I understand, but the personal info... Do Emergency Personnel look at that personal information area in a cellphone's ICE contact?
and 3.. if so, What kind of personal information do emergency personnel need in that area?
Check this dispatch from the archives:http://yourhappymedic.blogspot.com/2009/01/for-not-alert.html
The ICE listing in your phone is mainly for someone we can talk to to help you. As far as information, if you don't wear a medical alert bracelet, we can probably wait on that info.
We only go for the phone if we're out of ideas on ID, age, name or someone to drive you home.
I would refrain from adding any personal medical information. And the number should be to someone who is most likely to A. Know you and B. Answer the phone.
I've come across it again recently and will be posting on it soon, but it is still seen as a "silly waste of time" by some. (Actual quote from a supervisor when I suggested it, found it, used it and got the mother of a guy to meet us at the ER)
I've got my 3 numbers set, and in the personal info I have basic things like DOB, name, age, Allergies (medications and food), and medical conditions (asthma, Sleep apnea)
i figure that will give info to anybody who finds me should i be incapacitated.
on a side note, i had the opportunity to thank a local medic last night, he stopped in at the store i visit on the way home from a 36 hr shift... yeah there was some scheduling mess up.. poor guy!
I say go for broke if there's a chance of making a difference. If you really have to kill the blog, there's nothing to stop you from starting another one, and even alerting some of your more loyal contributors to the new location....
Best of luck. I'm sure I'll see you out there again soon...