I got presents...

I was working my day job Friday morning, and stopped at my unit to help one of the full-timers put the flag up. While we were hoisting the colors (after I dropped the state flag--just means we have another governor going to jail) he told me to stop back by after I got done.

0900 rolled around and I went back to my unit. He opened up the MOS Library and basically told me an early "Happy Birthday". There were manuals and textbooks galore all stacked up on the table.

I went through and got me some that I know I'd end up using for training my medics on drill weekends. Got me the 5th edition CIVILIAN PHTLS textbook and instructor's manual, along with the Brady EMT-I instructor manual. I also got the Brady 9th Edition EMT-B Military Edition set--textbook, workbook, and pocket guide.

I came back home with my presents grinning from ear to ear...@shell1972 didn't know what to do with me.

Now that I'm armed with all these reference books, my medics are get some better training.

Anyone know where I can get the powerpoint slides for them?????

Chronicles of EMS

Last night in San Francisco, trauma shears were opening bottles left and right (bottles of what, you be the judge) for the world premiere of Chronicles of EMS, a reality series about EMS. After my girlfriend, @shell1972 and I watched it, I thought that there is much to be done to make things right for EMS providers.

We watched the gala beforehand, and were able to put faces to many of the twitter names that we have followed and talked to/at over the last few months. I wish I could have had the time off and some of the National Guard aviation boys needed some flight time to go.

After watching the 1st rerun of #CoEMS, I thought (damn, that gets me in trouble sometimes) about the green side of EMS--as far as the Army is concerned, us combat medics ARE EMS when we're out in the field with Joe, and not stuck in a hospital (disclaimer: I'm assigned to a Combat Support Hospital in the EMT section *ER*...although I would LOVE to be assigned to an ambulance company). So in my normal "it's better to beg forgiveness" way, I dropped @setla a note saying "come watch me train my medics". I dropped him my email (both civilian and military) and hope to converse with him soon.

A quandry...

Now it's a time where I take off my Combat Medic hat and put on my writer's hat. Needless to say, wearing that hat makes me sit in front of a blank page for hours on end (when I'm not on twitter or facebook, etc) trying to come up with what to write.

I've written 2 books already, and have also started writing adaptations of those books for television/web. There be my quandary...

I've basically run out of ideas.

I'm not asking for ideas, mind you. If it comes down to it, I'll just listen to the scanner and pull calls out of Peoria. The thing is...basically everything else to make my characters tick.

I've got the pilot about 7/8 done. Just have to close that one all up. It'll be the ones after that that will become a headache.

The other reason I'm just about out of APAP is wondering if there's a way to incorporate EMS 2.0 into it. Along with trying to make a 21st century version of Emergency! in a nutshell.

Guess I'll sleep on it and try tomorrow after work...at least while I still have Final Draft open and blinking on a blank page.