| Dorie Pearlman Still Fights for Compensation for Son’s 9/11 Sacrifice |
| So, here we are 8 years after 9-11 and the US government (The Justice Department) is still denying proper compensation to EMS responders who died helping others at Ground Zero. Richard Perlman was a volunteer emergency medical technician for the Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps who headed to the World Trade Center after the planes struck the towers, intending to treat the wounded. Officials ruled that he was not serving in an official capacity when he was killed. Another claim filed by the family members of an emergency medical technician from Virginia who happened to be in New York on Sept. 11 was also denied. Officials ruled that he was not serving in an official capacity for his squad when he was killed. Isn't it wonderful to know how the US Government has turned its back on EMS workers who responded to an attack on America. It's funny, that I don't recall any off duty Firefighters, or Police Officers being denied benefits for responding to the WTC attacks. Once again America spits in the face of it's EMT's and Paramedics. Nice to know that we will be left out in the cold to die by our government even though we have given so much. God bless the USA. |
| The Stupidest People On The Face Of The Earth. |
| I am sure everyone recognizes this. This is a standard triage tag. It is used in NYC to sort through the wounded and treat those who are the most severely injured. This is a very simple system and works very well, so leave it up to the idiots at the Regional Emergency Medical Service Council (REMSCO) and The New York City Fire Department (RETARDS) to screw it up. The feeling is we need a new system because the four choices on the tag leave far too many people in a "grey" area. This would be someone who is between red and yellow. They want to make a new color "Orange". They also want to change how people are triaged. At one time if you were declared "dead" you get a black tag and then the rescuers move on to help those who may have a better chance at survival. Now certain people like children will be getting 5 rescue breaths before any further action is taken. FDNY and REMSCO are changing the algorithm and this is bound to result in confusion. But this seems to be how REMSCO works. Take something simple that works, that is done across the nation, and change it. Now everyone will need to be retrained on this new triage procedure including all emergency responders and all hospital employees. After all we can't go into a hospital with a redesigned tag and have people wondering what to do with patients who are tagged orange, burgundy, purple, and peach. If the idiots at REMSCO get their way this is what the triage tag of the future will look like. |
| There we go. Now there is a color for everyone! Are you bleeding? Well that is red. Bright red for arterial and dark red for when a vein is cut. Difficulty breathing? That would be blue, unless they have emphysema then it is pink. How about gangrene or infections? Pick a color in the green or brown section. Heatstroke? Well that is red! How about if the patient is a diabetic? If they have low sugar the color is white. Too much sugar? That is red. Liver failure? That is a yellow, and so is vomiting. Do you see how it goes! Everyone can do it! We will just have a color for everything. What a joke. |
