Talk:Street medic

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[edit] Contraind?

I took out the statement that they don't use interventions with contraindications because that's patently false: CPR is contraindicated in a patient with a heartbeat, for example. I don't think my wording is too good either, however. Maybe someone oughtta write the Do no harm article or word it better. Also, the link to Bivens' article is broken. Delldot 04:09, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Major edit

This entry is in the middle of a big edit right now, and I don't know when it will be finished. Please help with dates, verification citations, and information, and remind me of any groups I have left out which should be included.

I reformatted the whole article, including a split of the original article into intro, what they do, and history sections.

I added pre-1999 history.

I am beginning a process of adding short sections on each group, including each group's lifespan and activity span, notable actions it participated in, and other things of note. All content must be verifiable. I am including names in the references section, but nowhere else in the article. This is to protect confidentiality. Feel free to remove your own name or ask me to remove your name if you don't want it in the article at all.

I fixed the broken link in the Bivens article, and added several new articles. I plan to remove the news artilces section as the artilces are incorporated into references.

Two questions:

  • Does Heartland Action Medical Resistance Rogues (HAMRR) of Bloomington, IL actually exist? I remember the one medic I knew who claimed membership talking about it a few years ago, but have never seen its name on anything but a 2003 training CSM / "HAMRR" / CAM training in Chicago. Or is it like my old group VAM!, who are all swell people, but only did really notable things with other groups (other than one OtG / MaydayDC / VAM! training in Hadley MA, 2002).
  • Can anybody get me information on the lifespan and activity span of Strassenmeditzin from good old Deutschland? They have so much stuff on their website, including a big first-aid manual, and a hint that they help train and equip groups throughout Germany, but the local groups link on their page is broken. Come on now, UK medics. I know y'all know them. Post, post!

I want to redirect searched for "Street medics, StreetMedic, StreetMedics, Action Medical, Action-medic, and so on to this page, but I don't know how.

Gobblehook 09:32, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
formerly of HODOG/VAM! (2001-2003), CUM (2003), TRAM (2003-2005)
currently CGHC (2005-)

[edit] No original research

I think I am violating the Wikipedia:Verifiability policy by including the unpublished interviews as sources. However, I want this entry to be as complete as possible. I want medics, protesters, and others to actually use it. I also want to put up information on all the important groups since 1968 which are currently preserved only in medic oral history and by packrats like me.

So here's my idea about how to do it. I conduct a series of short, fact-finding interviews with key medics to fill in the missing historical details. I use these details plus a few anecdotes to write a short series on street medic history, that I get published at FreeVoices or Infoshop, or another easy publish.

Then I cite my own articles. It seems to me from reading the pillars and policies that this course of action would be appropriate as long as I adhere to a Neutral POV. Somebody check me on this? Thanks.

Gobblehook 10:17, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

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