I’ve been debating whether to address this topic in video form or in writing, and have clearly made the right decision. Although I think my feelings could be well captured by a blank stare and a hunch of the shoulders.
I have no clue what to expect when I travel to ride with Medic999 in Newcastle in 2 weeks time. What I can tell you is that I can not wait to see the fast car response model in action. I am not hoping it to fail or succeed, I just want to see it from Mark’s perspective. To get around all the political and administrative desires and get to the nuts and bolts of patient care from a car.
But, to be fair, I do have a few things in mind as to what I might be in store for culture wise.
First, everyone up there sounds like that Brad Pitt character from Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
B. They eat tomatoes and beans for breakfast. I remember this from my trip to London a while back. I’m a coffee guy.
Then, all the emergency vehicles are covered front and back with reflective stripes, as well as the responders.
Fourthly, people will be waiting in line to be seen at the doctor’s and emergency rooms because of the socialized healt…wait, no that’s here under the current model. Sorry.
The Queen will meet me at the airport, or perhaps one of the princes. They do travel with quite the group of lovely ladies.
The Radio 1 show, Chris Boyles, I’ve been listening to will be on at a completely different time.
There will be a lot of beer drinking.
Well, when in Rome…
We’ll get to the Italian system in a few years, let’s focus on NEAS for now, eh?
By the way, follow along on the Project at our exclusive flickr feed and youtube channel, where the visiting Paramedic will be doing a nightly video update as to the activities and lessons learned for that day. Be sure to double check that you are following @ukmedic999 and @thehappymedic on twitter and look for us on Facebook. Point being, the jet lag may cause us to post sporadically in different places, so stay vigilant.
We can’t wait to give this a go and are so glad so many of you are following along. As far as Mark mentioning this trend of Photo Requests, I’m keen if we can get some kind of donations going for a local cause.
I’ll look into it some more.
Also on The Happy Medic…
- Meeting the NEAS Executive Team – My UK EMS Conclusion – June 14, 2010
- System Abuse: What are WE doing wrong? – December 10, 2009
- The Good and the Bad – Continuing Day 2 – June 9, 2010
- OK, I’ll tell you – November 4, 2009
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