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The NY Daily News reports that EMT Jason Green, one of the FDNY Dispatchers accused of failing to act to help a worker in an Au Bon Pain store at Metrotech who later died, was gunned down and killed in downtown Manhattan Sunday morning.

There are three things that I find interesting about the Daily News article that I just want to take a moment to point out:

• Is this evidence of Karma? Now I’m not looking to get into the legal or moral debate of whether what he did or didn’t do back in December was right or wrong, but I think the argument for Karma just got a bit of a boost
• Apparently the victim was transported to New York Downtown Hospital, which is not a trauma center. It’s pure speculation, but the chances are that he was probably in traumatic arrest when the units arrived and they correctly, as per the current protocol, transported him to the nearest facility. What is notable about this is that had St. Vincent’s Hospital still been open then that would have been the closest facility, and it also happens to have been a Level 1 Trauma Center
• I wonder if Jason Green realized that his inaction on that December day would be what he will be remembered for. I doubt it. What about you? What will you be remembered for? Steve Whitehead has a great post on this very topic

For The Resident Conspiracy Theorists: It seems that he was shot outside of a club that he had been denied access to, from unknown shooters that were inside a car. Was this a random drive-by, or a targeted hit? Hmmmm…

Themes.

They can be the focus of party decorations, the inspiration for wardrobe, a folder of files that can be unintelligible at times, or the end of kiddom when Ms. Shields gives you a D because otherwise you’ll shoot your eye out.

Today there is a definite theme to this list of links from around the EMS Blogosphere and I will allow you to interpret for yourself what exactly that theme is…

• Kelly Grayson wrote a great article for EMS1.com called Think Before You Post. Now my first thought was that this article would cover all the important nuances of posting (proximity to a coffee shop, free wifi, dark corners for quality inner eyelid inspection, and of course proximity to a usable bathroom), but that’s not what it’s about at all… although it is still dead on in its message when it relates to internet posting. Failure to heed his words affects us all…
• EMS Garage Episode 94: The Day Social Media Stood Still covers the topic regarding Mark Glencourse’s decision to close his blog. If you have never listened to the EMS Garage before then this is the “must listen” episode for you. Towards the end of the episode Greg Friese provides a special code for a free download of the Social Media Policy Guide For First Responder Agencies. So be sure to listen to the episode, absorb what is being said about the situation, and get that free download!
• Jamie Davis also covers this sensitive topic in his weekly video segment:
  

And finally…

• I would be remiss to include all those links and then not include the post that served as inspiration for at least some of that content… from none other than the one and only Rogue Medic… rising up in the cafeteria… one plastic fork at a time

Thanks for reading and have a great week!

Damn the man!

Save the empire!

There are three specific movies referenced here… if you know what they are, leave it in the comments so I don’t become neurotic over the thought that no one got them. Thanks!