I recieved an email from Jamie Davis, the pod medic, asking that I pass the following allow to readers of this blog:
Rick Russotti and I are conducting a survey of first responders and
pandemic
response. It is a follow up survey to a survey conducted in a rather
small
sample size in Massachusetts. Rick wanted to try it via Blogs and
Podcasts
in an effort to show the power of our reach into the community and to
see if
the original study's findings could be validated on a larger scale.
A number of studies have been done asking if first-responders
(EMS/firefighters/hospital workers) will come to work or remain on duty
during a pandemic. Distribution of this survey will be a collaborative
effort among several bloggers and podcasters. You may find links to
this
survey on numerous sites. In order to maintain accuracy, we ask that
the
survey be completed once per person.
I'd like to invite you to express yourself in our version of this
study:
Effects of Pandemic Situation on First Responder Staffing
Find it here:
http://www.opinionpower.com/Surveys/815048727.html
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I urge all EMS responders to participate. Any Bloggers out there, please feel free (you are encouraged) to cut and past the survey into your blogs.
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Rick and Jamie are leaders of the podcast wave, and put in an enormous amount of time and effort to help educate EMS providers. Check out their information-packed sites at:
The Mitigation Journal Podcast
The MedicCast
