tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486978550014792561.post5966999802383038353..comments2023-10-15T03:55:40.147-07:00Comments on greenchilesandroses: Before modern medicine came alongcharlotte ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10324853016206528194noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486978550014792561.post-1083327732421616262007-10-30T08:04:00.000-07:002007-10-30T08:04:00.000-07:00Your comment on house calls got me thinking: My fa...Your comment on house calls got me thinking: My father was the town Doctor for a small town in Alaska, I remember as a boy going with him on house visits for the few patients who still wanted them, usually elderly patients in their 80s. This happening during the early 1980s. By the time I was 10 or so the visits stopped, because no one wanted the Doctor to come to them any more, everyone expected to goto the clinic or hospital. <BR/><BR/>My role in these visits was usually to sit and talk with the family member who didn't need the doctor while my father did his work for the other. Apparently it was a big hit, I don't really remember much more then talking to the old timers (people who had been in Alaska before the 1962 earthquake, everyone else was "a youngin'") about chasing bears on the mountains, and their now wives in town.<BR/><BR/>AE <BR/><BR/>Found you via Matt_g.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6486978550014792561.post-86327456433615487172007-10-16T03:52:00.000-07:002007-10-16T03:52:00.000-07:00Technology has changed a lot of fields. It's not u...Technology has changed a lot of fields. <BR/><BR/>It's not uncommon for me to catch a DWI suspect by:<BR/>1. hearing a broadcast on a digital scanning radio that automatically checks a dozen channels in a particular order of priority, <BR/>2. Finding out that a caller is on their cell phone, following a driver who is "all over the road," <BR/>3. After I've told Dispatch that I'll attempt to locate the driver, being assigned the call on my in-car MDT (mobile data terminal, which is a laptop), <BR/>4. Using an electronically-generated map to help vector me in if I'm unfamiliar with the area, <BR/>5. Often calling the complainant on his cell phone directly to get more specific instructions, <BR/>6. Stopping the suspect with an LED lightbar that runs cool and has no moving parts despite the fact that it's orders of magnitude brighter than those used 20 years ago, <BR/>7. Using a video recorder and remove body microphone to record my stop and interview with the driver suspect, <BR/>8. Using a digital Portable Breath Tester to check his breath, <BR/>9. Using the MDT and the portable radio on my hip to request driver license history and status and criminal history, with the expectation that I'll get returns within a minute, <BR/>10. Having a digitally-regulated Taser on my person to assist me in incapacitating the driver if his Dutch courage influences his decision to resist arrest. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Patrol is a little different than when my father started doing it in the 1960's.Matt Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500429239798601210noreply@blogger.com