HARO (Help A Reporter Out) continues to be a great source of contacts for My Care Necessities. Everyday I receive three emails of reporters looking for stories. Stories are generally broken into these categories: business and finance, health and fitness, general and technology.
As you can imagine I often have the opportunity to share a story regarding the business and health areas. Everyone once in a while I am able to hone my writing skills by submitting an article in the general category if it's relevant to their request. The website Resources for Entrepreneurs while primarily American - is carrying an interview I recently conducted with them. To check it out click on the title Resources for Entrepreneurs.
Till next time!
Monday, September 22, 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
DELIVER 200 JOULES PLEASE
Monday and Tuesday of this week delivered a nice change of scenery.
As a standardized patient (SP) (someone who acts as a patient with a variety of maladies for medical research or exams) it has been my pleasure to participate in the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) educational videos.
Wardrobe was way cool - I got to wear scrubs - always wanted to do that and I didn't even have to go to school for 5 years to get the chance. I played a nurse in various scenes but mostly helped coordinate scenes and actors. Long days, decent pay and tons of fun.
What did I learn? That's the beauty of being an SP you always come away with more than you came. We had first hand training in CPR, bagging a victim/patient (with oxygen), learning about defibrillators both hospital and portable types, and what a code blue team does. Extremely fascinating stuff. And yes - they really can deliver 200 joules - that's the jolt you see on TV when they defibrillate a patient.
I got to have a bird's eye view of what a code blue looks like from a healthcare perspective while being a participant in a mock emergency. It never ceases to amaze me how much we take our healthcare teams for granted. Our healthcare professionals are highly trained and while yes they are human and will make mistakes they really have yours and mine best interest at heart.
Everyday we have the opportunity to learn. The more I learn about the medical field and how we can best help our healthcare teams the more I realize that when the Personal Healthcare Journal is used as it is intended we really can receive a quicker diagnosis and treatment for our illnesses.
So... keep on using your book, maximize it's potential and in no time you'll learn how to more effectively manage your health.
As a standardized patient (SP) (someone who acts as a patient with a variety of maladies for medical research or exams) it has been my pleasure to participate in the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) educational videos.
Wardrobe was way cool - I got to wear scrubs - always wanted to do that and I didn't even have to go to school for 5 years to get the chance. I played a nurse in various scenes but mostly helped coordinate scenes and actors. Long days, decent pay and tons of fun.
What did I learn? That's the beauty of being an SP you always come away with more than you came. We had first hand training in CPR, bagging a victim/patient (with oxygen), learning about defibrillators both hospital and portable types, and what a code blue team does. Extremely fascinating stuff. And yes - they really can deliver 200 joules - that's the jolt you see on TV when they defibrillate a patient.
I got to have a bird's eye view of what a code blue looks like from a healthcare perspective while being a participant in a mock emergency. It never ceases to amaze me how much we take our healthcare teams for granted. Our healthcare professionals are highly trained and while yes they are human and will make mistakes they really have yours and mine best interest at heart.
Everyday we have the opportunity to learn. The more I learn about the medical field and how we can best help our healthcare teams the more I realize that when the Personal Healthcare Journal is used as it is intended we really can receive a quicker diagnosis and treatment for our illnesses.
So... keep on using your book, maximize it's potential and in no time you'll learn how to more effectively manage your health.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
MEETING WITH THE MINISTER
As promised, here's an update on my meeting with the Minister of Healthy Living - Kerri Irvin-Ross.
Time sure goes fast. I had a half an hour to state my case for the book. I gave her some history, we talked about various ways it could be used and by whom, who's using it and who's looking at it.
Overall I think it went very well - being my first time meeting with a Government official I really have nothing to compare it with. I do have to say though - she was impressed with the briefing note I had ready for her - a huge thanks to my friend Barb from Biggar Ideas for giving me the idea.
I left the meeting with a promise that Minister Irvin-Ross would review the book and my proposal and then get back to me. Very Cool!
I feel grateful for the opportunity to have met with her and introduce the Personal Healthcare Journal to her. She now knows it exists and that's a good thing. If it leads to anything more - I'll let you know.
Time sure goes fast. I had a half an hour to state my case for the book. I gave her some history, we talked about various ways it could be used and by whom, who's using it and who's looking at it.
Overall I think it went very well - being my first time meeting with a Government official I really have nothing to compare it with. I do have to say though - she was impressed with the briefing note I had ready for her - a huge thanks to my friend Barb from Biggar Ideas for giving me the idea.
I left the meeting with a promise that Minister Irvin-Ross would review the book and my proposal and then get back to me. Very Cool!
I feel grateful for the opportunity to have met with her and introduce the Personal Healthcare Journal to her. She now knows it exists and that's a good thing. If it leads to anything more - I'll let you know.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
DISTRIBUTORS WELCOME!
My Care Necessities is looking for Canadian and American distributors for it's Personal Healthcare Journal in the following areas:
- Healthcare Products
- Hospital Gift Shops
- Book Distributor
- Pharmacies
PLEASE CARRY MY BOOK - Honest it's Amazing!
A month or so ago I joined this incredible email network called HARO or (Help A Reporter Out). Through this I've managed to submit stories for blogs and websites that are book and health related. This story Please Carry My Book - Honest It's Amazing talks about how to get your self-published book into stores and how to look for markets that seem outside the box.
As stories get published I'll provide links so you can read them for yourself.
Enjoy your day - thanks for your support.
Betsy
As stories get published I'll provide links so you can read them for yourself.
Enjoy your day - thanks for your support.
Betsy
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