The lifeline campaign's new website

[ProRealDoc]

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Members do not see this ad.

http://www.lifelinetomodernmedicine.com/

 

[Impromptu]

I posted it to my facebook page.

While I liked that he got across the right messages, the writing may have been too complex for our hospital's inner-city population.

 

[nutmegs]

First impression? Cheesy.

Later on, my son became agitated and began pulling the lines and leads out of his arms. The other medical staff would put them in, but he was able to pull them back out again. This kept going on, causing him a lot of pain as they attempted to reinsert the lines. Finally, I asked for an anesthesiologist, and he was able to put them in so that my son couldn't remove them. Those lines stayed in for two weeks.

 

[Bertelman]

First impression? Cheesy.

You mean you don't believe the silver-haired woman is really an anesthesiologist?

 

[Don8455]

This development should be met with nothing but positive responses. While the original site is a tad cheesy, it is still better than nothing and shows we are definitely heading in the right direction. If you don't like something about it, simply contact the ASA as was stated in the email all members should have received:

"Examine the site content and contact the Lifeline Campaign team at [email protected] with ideas for additional content."

My favorite part of the email was this comment from our president:

"It is appropriate that the leaders of the anesthesia care team are the ones to have put together this one-of-a-kind resource for the public."

I believe we have the right man at the helm.

 

[Bertelman]

This development should be met with nothing but positive responses. While the original site is a tad cheesy, it is still better than nothing and shows we are definitely heading in the right direction. If you don't like something about it, simply contact the ASA as was stated in the email all members should have received

I've found very little in this world that should "be met with nothing but positive responses".

Maybe I just like seeing the humor in things. Or maybe I can appreciate that this is indeed a great step for the protection of our specialty, but doesn't necessarily deserve my faithful devotion as though passed down from the gods above.

If I saw a similar website for any other industry, I would likewise question the source of the stock photos that are neither anesthesiologists nor the patients whose stories are published. I don't suspend my skepticism just because a website supports my career aspirations.

It's hard for me to justify our criticism of nearly everything else, from CRNA propaganda to crazy nurse shows on TV, if we don't turn that attention towards our own efforts to educate the public. This is an early offering of a website which is long overdue. I'm not going to submit my dislike of a few photographs just because they go against my personal taste. But I'm also not going to keep quiet just to toe the company line.