Welcome to Rescue 411. As the name suggests this web site is devoted to information about news and views that affect the everyday lives of public safety personnel. This site is published purely as a labor of love. I do not have a political agenda for my site nor do I assure political correctness. All veiws expressed unless otherwise noted are strictly my own. Please write to me with suggestions for articles or to point out special people that have gone "Above and Beyond" the call of duty in the performance of their job. Use the menu to tour my pages. Any assistance provided by readers to help make this site a success will be much appreciated. Please be patient as some pages maybe graphic intensive. I'll try to make it worth your wait.
WANTED EMT'S & PARAMEDIC'S |
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| Must be able to work long hours with frequent mandatory overtime. Few holidays and weekends off. Must be able to keep massive amounts of paperwork up to date while making split-second, life or death decisions. Must be immune to verbal abuse and able to neutralize the occasional physical assault. Must display patience, kindness, understanding and caring, even when personal life is coming apart at the seams. Must show no aversion to blood, vomit, oozing infections, or human body wastes. Salary is in no way commensurate with knowledge or ability. Only those interested in dealing with depressing situations on a daily basis need apply. |
PARAMEDIC |
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| A Paramedic must be courteous, diplomatic, shrewd, persuasive, assertive, creative, supportive, understanding, responsible, of equable temper, slow to anger, adaptable, have a good memory, acute judgment, emotional stability and be the embodiment of virtue but able to recognize sin and evil of all forms. A Paramedic must understand insurance, electricity, chemistry, physiology, mechanics, selling, shipping, contracting, claims adjusting, law, medicine, real estate, horse trading and human nature. They must be a coordinator, clinician, negotiator, therapist, educator, consumer advocate, facilitator, detective, administrator, problem solver and mind-reader. A Paramedic must be acquainted with machinery of all types, materials of all kinds, and be able to handle any emergency. They must know all, see all, evaluate all, tell nothing and be everywhere at the same time satisfying the public, supervisors and politicians. Whenever, wherever life is at risk, a Paramedic is required! |
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| An unfortunate coincidence of the World Trade Center attack of Sept. 11, 2001, is that in New York City, Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) or paramedics apparently are a part of the New York City Fire Department. In many parts of the country, EMTs are a separate organization. In any event, EMTs are "first responders," along with police officers and firefighters, when tragedy strikes. As much as police officers and firefighters, EMTs "rush in" as victims "rush out" of dangerous situations. However, because EMTs are a part of the New York City Fire Department, I'm afraid they have not received the recognition as heroes that they surely deserve. There is no doubt in my mind that some of the FDNY personnel who rushed into the World Trade Center and died on Sept. 11, were EMTs who were rushing in to treat the injured. There is also no doubt in my mind that EMTs save lives every day in this country and that they are real heroes. J. Al Cannon Jr., Sheriff Charleston County, SC Wednesday August 21, 2002 |
| A man is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer. - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
I hope that you see something new this visit and that you check back often for breaking news about Emergency Medical Services in South Carolina and beyond! I am looking for news and other SC EMS information to include on this page. If you know of any or if you have good EMS links from anywhere please e-mail them to me.
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August 5, 2007 |
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