MERGINET.News, April 3 -- New Authors Now On-Line!

["Richard Bilger" <rbilger@merginet.com>]

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FROM THE EDITOR:
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Click onto MERGINET.News for the April 3, 2001, issue. Read the
sweetly written obituary about Scott Frame, MD, by his long-time
buddy, Norman McSwain. Check out Tonya Schafer’s profile about a
Canadian paramedic who became a chaplain -- and continued his
rescue work. There’s a gut-wrenching poem, “I Want To Tell You
Lies.” And now joining the MERGINET author line-up, we offer Dr.
Bryan Bledsoe’s “Examining Your NAVEL” -- a look at endotracheal
medication delivery.

This release also contains the debut of a new feature in the
Sharps Container: “Can You Help?” -- a place for readers to ask,
and answer, questions for one another. Our global community has
so much to give! See what you can do to answer the needs of a
colleague who might be anywhere on earth.

Our columnists are here for you, as always: Vic & Vern are
involved in research, in their own way. Straight Talk asks you to
“pay attention!” Valerie DeFrance shows how to spice up classes.
Taigman reviews a book that explores the absurdity of management,
and in “Management Matters,” the authors take a look at
networking and solo decision-making.

Please feel welcome to send your comments, concerns, and
compliments. We reply to everyone who writes. Send email to
publisher Richard Bilger at rbilger@merginet.com or me at
kate@merginet.com -- be in touch!

Welcome to April, 2001!
Your editor, Kate Dernocoeur

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New in this issue!

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Features
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>> Examining Our "NAVEL"
by Bryan E. Bledsoe, DO, FACEP, FAAEM
The administration of life-saving medications is an integral and
important aspect of advanced pre-hospital care. Most of the
medications used in pre-hospital emergency care are for treatment
of cardiovascular emergencies — most notably cardiac arrest and
life-threatening cardiac dysrhythmias. Many of these life-saving
medications must be given by intravenous injection to be
effective. However, establishing intravenous access is often
difficult, especially in the setting of cardiac arrest. Because
of this, alternate routes of parenteral medication administration
have been developed when an IV cannot be established.

>> Requiem to a Friend: Scott B. Frame, MD, FACS, EMT-P
(1952-2001)
by Norman E. McSwain, Jr., MD, FACS
In the early morning hours of March 14, 2001, Scott B. Frame, MD,
49, a personal friend of many of us and a true friend of the
trauma patient, passed away. Scott approached his disease "pedal
to the metal," just like he approached his patients and his life.
After diagnosis, he made the decision to go all the way with
whatever treatment modalities were available. He continued to
pursue the tough road of experiential chemotherapy until the very
end.

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>> The Preaching Paramedic: An EMS Profile
by Tonya Schafer
Emergency service workers are saving angels, the people who dive
into a crisis to rescue and restore. But occasionally, pressure
builds and the rescuers themselves need help. This is where John
Hein comes in.

>> STRAIGHT TALK: Paying Attention
by Kate Dernocoeur
Once we stopped, we were enveloped by an eerie, pre-dawn, highway
lamp-lit silence. Although the driver seemed nice enough — and
safe enough, I was wary. We were in a completely vulnerable
situation. And given these times, I had to consider the remote
possibility that this was a set-up and he was part of it.

>> I Want to Tell You Lies
by Author Unknown
A poem dedicated to all the police officers, EMTs, paramedics,
emergency flight crews, victim's assistants, firefighters, and
civil servants who deal with the tragedies of life and death —
the saddest of all being those that involve children, and could
have been prevented.

>> RUNNIN' RED: Really Useful Runnin' Red Research
by Vic & Vern
Vic & Vern are seeking more R&D funding for a new siren they've
developed that supposedly operates on some newly discovered
wave-length that is a narrow-band RF broadcast that bypasses the
ear's "analog" hammer, anvil, and stirrup and directly digitally
stimulates the adrenergic synapses of the auditory nerve while
simultaneously stimulating the large muscle groups eventually
causing drivers to brake and pull their car to the right — and
it's 100% involuntary!!!!


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Educators Corner
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>> Spicing up those CME Classes
by Valerie DeFrance
"Boring!" That's what many of us hear or say, as EMS personnel
who face getting those CME hours done. As students, each already
knows (one hopes) a significant percentage of what the lecture is
going to be about. For an instructor attending a CME class, the
percentage of knowledge is, or should be, still higher.

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Columns
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>> Book Review: Management of the Absurd
by Mike Taigman
A few months ago I was walking through the San Francisco airport
bookstore where I spotted Management of the Absurd, by Richard
Farson. It took me 3.2 seconds to buy it. It was clear from the
title that this book applied to EMS.

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Management Matters
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>> For Managers: Solo Decision Making
by John Becknell
One of the cornerstones of good management is creating a
participatory environment in which managers involve people within
their organizations in making important decisions. When you
involve others in the decision-making process, everyone feels a
sense of ownership, and it makes implementation or acceptance of
the decision much easier. But sometimes managers face a situation
that requires them to make a decision alone, without consulting
other managers or staff.

>> Neat Networking
by Dr. Donald E. Wetmore
So you want to significantly increase your personal productivity
and success in every area of your life? You can go it alone or,
if you'd like to speed up the process, you could enjoy the help
of others. Networking is a major time management tool, helping us
learn from others, getting introductions more easily, and saving
precious resources of time and money in the process. I have
accumulated five "neat networking" suggestions that might help.

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NetCetera
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>> A Consumer Watchdog with Teeth
by Audri and Jim Lanford
In an effort to keep fraudsters from slipping through the cracks,
the U.S. government has created the Sentinel. It's an online
database containing all sorts of information regarding Internet
scams and fraud.

More online!

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