You are right
The best way for our communities to know is, of course, by the services we provide. The trouble is that, even though we provide these services, there are more and more people who truly don't know what we do, why we do it, and how we do it. There are even more that don't care about what we do. Those are the ones that usually control the purse strings that prevent some of us from keeping our equipment in good repair and keeping our ambulances stocked properly. Even with these challenges, we do an excellent job at providing the caring patient care that seems to be missing from some of the city services. This is the story that I would like to see told, even if we are only recognizing ourselves in the rural areas. Perhaps patting ourselves on the back once in a while is not such a bad idea, but, then, it might feel better if some one else would thank us and tell us what a good job we do.
The whole concept of rural EMS helping other rural EMS agencies is what I would like to see happen with this website. I'm looking for other ideas on what we can do to help each other. Any input is welcomed.
Joe
