BT>> Hi there Miah - is your first name, Jerry BTW?. >:->
 MG> Nope :)
Yet an anagram of your name is `I'm A Hog, Gerry!' (:-o
 MG> I didn't start this thread, merely contributed. :)
Then you're guilty by association, young man! >;-)
 MG> I look through the messages, if the titles look interesting,
 MG> then I go ahead and read them.
You damn crazy fool! Next, you'll be telling us you sometimes go to bed 
without a hot milky drink and stay up `til after eleven at weekends, you 
radical type, you!.
 MG> Nope, but I am interested in the developments, being a bit of
 MG> a scientist. I watch the occasional documentary on things
 MG> that are related to EMS, but there aren't many..
A `bit' of a scientist?. Which bit exactly?. The bottle-end glasses or the 
white coat?. ("Groan!"-Ed) If you lived in the UK you'd be spoilt for choice. 
Its an `armchair ghoul' paradise with `fly on the wall documentaries', 
`life-saving reenactments' and `Casualty-soaps' in carefree abundance. In 
Britain - we have an expression for such trivialising overexposure to such 
sensitive subject matter . It is called "kicking the arse out of it".
 MG> I don't subscribe to any magazines however, for one thing, I
 MG> wouldn't have time to read them.
Right. Well, in that case I will keep this short to let you get back to your 
(ahem) `scientific experiments'. Oo-er missus!.
 MG> What I do have, however, is a lot of stress :(
Try meditation. My mate did. "Well", I said to him. "At least its better than 
sitting around doing nothing".
 MG> Not sure if this is actually covered by EMS, but what about
 MG> the response times of ambulances? Are there any ideas as to
 MG> how to cut down on these times?
Here in the UK we have NHS Charter government guidelines of 14 mins for urban 
area 999 calls and 19mins for suburban/country-fied areas. Not exactly taxing 
ATM-but the idea is that we aim for a sub-eight minute response time for 
high-priority calls in the near future. However, with limited funds and staff 
levels this is a somewhat ambitious project. Vehicle standbys in strategic 
locations and prioritising of emergencies is the only way forward-but that in 
itself is no assurance. There is a finite amount that can be done with a 
finite amount of resources to hand.
BT>>MG> ... Pretend to spank me - I'm a pseudo-masochist!
 MG> Erk! I didn't know I had any taglines like that! I better get rid of 
that.
Yeeesss. They *all* say that, sir. Now, if you would like to accompany us to 
the station-and bring the equipment with you if you would.
Now go and tell your people what you have heard today ... or something.
Cheers
Bruce
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