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Comment on Run, Baby, Run! by Adrian Baron

Adrian Baron — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:06:10 +0000

I am taping this post to my computer screen. I encourage my bar colleagues to do the same.

Comment on The View from Foggy Goggle. by Speedo Vanquisher Swim Goggle | Bestsellers in Sports & Outdoors

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Comment on The View from Foggy Goggle. by Rogue Medic

Rogue Medic — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:02:23 +0000

It is a fair question to ask, if the purpose is to figure out what should have been done by a reasonable person to prepare for disasters that we know will happen.

Should we cut costs and hope we are out of office when the inevitable happens.

Nassim Taleb discussed this in looking at the way bankers handle risk in his 2006 book, The Black Swan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_swan_theory

Richard Feynman discussed this in his appendix to the Report of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident – Volume 2: Appendix F – Personal Observations on Reliability of Shuttle.

http://history.nasa.gov/rogersrep/v2appf.htm

We have also found that certification criteria used in Flight Readiness Reviews often develop a gradually decreasing strictness. The argument that the same risk was flown before without failure is often accepted as an argument for the safety of accepting it again. Because of this, obvious weaknesses are accepted again and again, sometimes without a sufficiently serious attempt to remedy them, or to delay a flight because of their continued presence.

After all of that, the important point to make is – In evaluating the culpability of the medics, it should not matter if everyone in management behaved heroically or if they behaved criminally, during the storm. After the storm, management should not have engaged in misleading accusations.

Public Safety/Disaster Preparedness/Risk Management all are poorly understood. When problems inevitably happen, the lessons learned are rarely the right ones.

Comment on The View from Foggy Goggle. by totwtytr

totwtytr — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:21:27 +0000

First, thanks for continuing to cover this issue. Second, I thought I read somewhere that Michael Huss was at this party, but of course I can’t find the reference now. If politics down there is anything like what I’m used to up here, there were a number of high ranking city officials at the Mayor’s birthday party. Believe me, someone makes note of who shows up for these things and there are ramifications later on.

Comment on The Need for Evidence Before Assessing Guilt. by totwtytr

totwtytr — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:10:00 +0000

Thank you for your good work on this issue. Having been in EMS for almost as long as you’ve been an attorney, I’ve seen employees sacrificed on the alter of political expediency too many times.

Huss appears to not only be taking the easy way out, he’s attempting to further his agenda along the way.

Rogue Medic is also keeping on top of this issue. Would that the “real” media was being a diligent as are you two.

Comment on The Need for Evidence Before Assessing Guilt. by colin crawford

colin crawford — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:30:05 +0000

I am glad someone is standing up and defending due process. people are growing tired of sifting for facts and are looking for easy answers; convenient pre-packaged and disposable opinions abound. People are forgetting. On behalf of the accused (and otherwise undefended Medics), as well as the accused Officers, thank you.

Comment on The Need for Evidence Before Assessing Guilt. by The Need for Evidence Before Assessing Guilt | Sacramento Medical Training

The Need for Evidence Before Assessing Guilt | Sacramento Medical Training — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:55:34 +0000

[...] The Need for Evidence Before Assessing Guilt Filed under: EMT paramedic — Tags: Assessing, Before, Evidence, Guilt, Need — admin @ 12:46 pm Cliff Tuttle at Pittsburgh Legal Back Talk has another post about blaming the medics in the death of Curtis Mitchell. I use his title for this post – The Need for Evidence Before Assessing Guilt. [...]

Comment on The Need for Evidence Before Assessing Guilt. by Rogue Medic

Rogue Medic — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:13:23 +0000

Very well put. I commented further on this in a post with the same title as your post - The Need for Evidence Before Assessing Guilt.

Comment on Medic’s Perspective on Mitchell Case. by Rogue Medic

Rogue Medic — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:10:45 +0000

Chad,

Yes, the time from the 911 call to cancellation was a long time in each case.

There is a lot of important information that has not been released includes the times from the 911 calls to the dispatch of the ambulances.

I wrote about this at length in my post with the same title as the follow-up post by Pittsburgh Legal Back Talk – The Need for Evidence Before Assessing Guilt.

I apologize for a lack of imagination in the title.

Comment on The Power of Saying “I’m Sorry”. by Public Safety Director Michael Huss and Others Continue to Blame the Medics for the Snow | Sacramento Medical Training

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:00:58 +0000

[...] Tuttle at Pittsburgh Legal Back Talk has a couple of posts about the death of Curtis Mitchell. The Power of Saying “I’m Sorry”. Then there is the posting of what I wrote in the comment section. Medic’s Perspective on Mitchell [...]