Nashville
I have been on a little blogging break for the past 10 days.
Nashville is where I have been since last Friday evening, attending the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) Conference. This conference, held yearly in different cities, offers all members of NDMS the chance to get together from all over the U.S., see friends from previous deployments, to listen to our government tell us of upcoming items of interest, and most importantly, to learn many, many new things in a brief period of time. Last year, I took a class that blew me away, called Advanced Radiation Life Support. This year, it was Teaching Emergency Response Personnel. The original instructor, a gentleman I have taken courses from before, was unable to make it due to the snowstorm that hit New England last week. The replacement was someone who has a lot of "off-the-cuff" knowledge, that he imparted on all of us. I have pages and pages of notes, and feel that I got 150% of what I expected previously of the course. There have been other courses I took, but this one course really was the "whiz-bang winner"!
So, I have been staying at an incredible hotel, the Gaylord Opryland, located next door to the Grand 'Ole Opry. This hotel is, for lack of a better word, MASSIVE. It has 2880 rooms, three totally enclose atriums, live plants everywhere, and some wonderfully renovated rooms. My first room wasn't renovated, but I was moved to another room due to a problem in the first room. The difference is like night and day. Imagine a step above a Motel 6 for the first room, and a 4 star hotel room for the next.
I even took in a show Saturday night at the Grand 'Ole Opry with a good friend of mine, Barbara, from NJ-1 DMAT. We got to see Loretta Lynn, along with many other artists. For those who don't know, the Grand 'Ole Opry is done as a radio show, but the stars are really there. Loretta Lynn still has that incredible voice! It was a lot of fun!
I am still here tonight, but getting ready to leave tomorrow after the conference ends. Time flies so fast when you are learning and having fun! I will post some pics as soon as I can.
Nashville is where I have been since last Friday evening, attending the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) Conference. This conference, held yearly in different cities, offers all members of NDMS the chance to get together from all over the U.S., see friends from previous deployments, to listen to our government tell us of upcoming items of interest, and most importantly, to learn many, many new things in a brief period of time. Last year, I took a class that blew me away, called Advanced Radiation Life Support. This year, it was Teaching Emergency Response Personnel. The original instructor, a gentleman I have taken courses from before, was unable to make it due to the snowstorm that hit New England last week. The replacement was someone who has a lot of "off-the-cuff" knowledge, that he imparted on all of us. I have pages and pages of notes, and feel that I got 150% of what I expected previously of the course. There have been other courses I took, but this one course really was the "whiz-bang winner"!
So, I have been staying at an incredible hotel, the Gaylord Opryland, located next door to the Grand 'Ole Opry. This hotel is, for lack of a better word, MASSIVE. It has 2880 rooms, three totally enclose atriums, live plants everywhere, and some wonderfully renovated rooms. My first room wasn't renovated, but I was moved to another room due to a problem in the first room. The difference is like night and day. Imagine a step above a Motel 6 for the first room, and a 4 star hotel room for the next.
I even took in a show Saturday night at the Grand 'Ole Opry with a good friend of mine, Barbara, from NJ-1 DMAT. We got to see Loretta Lynn, along with many other artists. For those who don't know, the Grand 'Ole Opry is done as a radio show, but the stars are really there. Loretta Lynn still has that incredible voice! It was a lot of fun!
I am still here tonight, but getting ready to leave tomorrow after the conference ends. Time flies so fast when you are learning and having fun! I will post some pics as soon as I can.
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posted by First On Scene EMS at Tuesday, March 20, 2007
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