Who are we, as EMS providers?

[TransportJockey]

That's the question that the FICEMS is asking. They are looking for opinions from all sorts of EMS providers and here's your chance to weigh in. Are we Public Safety? Public Health? Or something else?
Kelly Grayson, AKA The Ambulance Driver, weighs in on this much better than I could have.
http://ambulancedriverfiles.com/2011/03/ems-neither-fish-nor-fowl-nor-good-red-meat/
I put this here in the EMS News section, cause it is a big bit of news for us. Everyone please email them, tell them what you think. We need some unity in this field, something to help bring us all together.

 

[Veneficus]

That's the question that the FICEMS is asking. They are looking for opinions from all sorts of EMS providers and here's your chance to weigh in. Are we Public Safety? Public Health? Or something else?
Kelly Grayson, AKA The Ambulance Driver, weighs in on this much better than I could have.
http://ambulancedriverfiles.com/2011/03/ems-neither-fish-nor-fowl-nor-good-red-meat/
I put this here in the EMS News section, cause it is a big bit of news for us. Everyone please email them, tell them what you think. We need some unity in this field, something to help bring us all together.

unfortunately, I think it will change nothing because the very same lines that divide us also define our role.

 

[Martyn]

But it doesn't hurt to try...