Stanstead QC | December 13- Big Update to Announce:
The quest to build The Playlist for The Big One now includes an opportunity for artists to submit their tunes to Big Med on Sonicbids.
http://www.sonicbids.com/BigMedicine2
For those of you who don’t know, Sonicbids helps bands get gigs and promoters book the right bands. The list of folks who are booking great music on Sonicbids is pretty damned impressive – SWSX 2012, Canadian Music Fest, bonnaroo, MTV – and, of course, Big Medicine.
We’re going to feature two or three new artists every week as we build out the Playlist for The Big One. I’m hoping the next Big Med Porch Party will include a few special guest appearances.
You can visit the Big Med Music section to listen to/watch new artists already added to The Playlist for The Big One. If you’re a musician or know a musician whose work should be considered for The Playlist for The Big One, get hooked-up with Sonicbids and submit your EPK for consideration.
Music often serves as an escape hatch from the high-end stress that is a constant companion for life on the job. Music provides a soundtrack for our memorable calls. Here’s Norm Rooker on working a code in 1986…
“Like running hot to a cardiac arrest call to Jefferson Starship’s “We Built this City”.
It was early 1986 in east San Jose. Cindy Petretto and I were running hot through mid afternoon traffic for a cardiac call, CPR in progress. And what job isn’t made better with a good sound track in the back ground?
We had a classic rock station cranked up, radio KOME (yes, that is a real call sign and they’re still on the air) and while they played a number of rock classics as Cindy threaded us through the just out of school afternoon traffic, the song that was playing as we pulled up on scene was that Starship classic.
Like so many of our cardiac arrests, first responders were already on scene and CPR was in progress. The patient was in a coarse v-fib so we did what we always do, gave her a 200 watt second ride on the lightning and, surprise of surprises, shocked her right into asystole.
Unfortunately a not all that an uncommon but unintended outcome for this V-fib treatment. So now our patient is flat lined and we were attempting to stimulate her heart back up with various chemicals so we could shock it again. Hopefully with a different outcome.
I was on my A game that day and not only got the tube on the first shot but also turned around and sunk an EJ, as the patient had nothing for veins peripherally and Cindy wasn’t having any luck in either arm.
We worked that code to the point of calling it and Cindy was on the telephone with a Base Station Attending getting permission to do so when the patient’s heart said “enough already” and decided to rejoin us. I have never seen this before or since but our patient’s heart spontaneously converted from Aysytole to a perfusing sinus tach. (4 rounds of Epi 1:10,000 and 3 mg of Atropine tends to make the heart beat a little faster, when it chooses to respond.)
“Wait a minute doc! Forget the pronouncement, I need a Dopamine order!”
“What????”
Cindy and I brought our patient into Valley Medical Center, The Big Valley, where she was admitted to ICU but did not survive her event and passed away for good two days later. We received a nice thank you note from the family not only thanking us for our efforts, but also for giving their family a chance to get together and say their good byes to their mother, grandmother, sister, beloved wife, etc..
It was signed by what we guessed was the entire family. While Cindy and I had succeeded in telling the Grim Reaper “Not Today!” for our patient, and had a fantastic, make that great field save, we were humbly reminded both that it is not a true save unless the patient is able to resume their normal life and that we had not anticipated how many lives our efforts were actually making an impact on.”
I’m still building The Playlist for The Big One.
The Playlist got its start when I invited readers to submit their suggestions for the ultimate soundtrack to listen to while responding to The Big One.
We received a lot of references to mainstream classic artists and tunes however we also were ref’d to some outstanding emerging artists and little known musical gems.
The blog piece continues to morph and has evolved into a complete music section on Big Med.
Now, I’m asking for more of your suggestions and this time around I’d like you to attach specific meaning/context/memories to each piece you submit.
Think of this as the soundtrack for a TV series never made.
The original Playlist for The Big One:
If you’re going to be really prepared for The Big One you’re going to need some great tunes. So, I asked people to send me their suggestions.. the list continues to grow.
Simple Minds–Alive and Kicking
Glenn Frey–The Heat Is On
Men At Work–It’s A Mistake
When In Rome–The Promise
– The previous four tunes were added to The Big One list by Norm Rooker on July 13 2009
Molly Hatchet–Flirting With Disaster
Stevie Ray Vaughn–Couldn’t Stand The Weather
Loudness–Hurricane Eye
The Scorpions–Rock You Like A Hurricane
The Talking Heads–Burning Down The House
ACDC–Thunderstruck
Jimmy Buffett–Volcano
Santana–No One To Depend On
The Rolling Stones–Gimme Shelter
Jerry Lee Lewis–Great Balls of Fire
Johnny Cash–Guess Things Happen That Way
Al Green–Let’s Stay Together
The Dells–Oh What A Night
Big Joe Turner–Shake, Rattle, and Roll
The Animals–We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
REO Speedwagon–Ridin’ The Storm Out
Sara Groves–Tornado
Kenny Loggins–Danger Zone
Jimi Hendrix–Fire
Barry McGuire–Eve of Destruction
Tracy Lawrence–Texas Tornado
Fontella Bass–Rescue Me
James Taylor–Fire and Rain
Bruce Springsteen–Across the Border
Bruce Springsteen–Fire
Bruce Springsteen–My City of Ruins
Tragically Hip–New Orleans is Sinking
Led Zeppelin–When the Levee Breaks
KISS–Firehouse
Chicago–Does Anybody Know What Time It Is?
Hank Williams, JR–A Country Boy Can Survive
Elvis Presley–All Shook Up
Jimmie Dean–Big John
Bing Crosby–White Christmas
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown–Fire
Katrina & The Waves–Walk on Water
REM–It’s The End Of The World As We Know It [And I Feel Fine]
Gordon Lightfoot–The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
ACDC–You Shook Me All Night Long
CCR–Have You Seen The Rain
Tears For Fears–Mad World
Moby–The Rain Falls and The Sky Shudders
Live–Lightning Crashes
Beck–Earthquake Weather
The Alarm–Rain in the Summertime
Gnarls Barkley–Run [I’m A Natural Disaster]
Jars of Clay–Flood
The Cure–Shiver and Shake
The Smiths–Panic
Depeche Mode–Shake the Disease
New Order–Confusion
Richard Wagner–Ride of the Valkyries
Billy Joel–
Land of Despair
Only the Good Die Young
Pressure
We Didn’t Start the Fire
Phil Collins–
Against All Odds
Land Of Confusion
Roof Is Leaking
Electric Light Orchestra–Concerto For A Rainy Day
Standin’ In The Rain
Big Wheels
Summer and Lightning
Mr. Blue Sky
Bad Company–Burning Sky
The Talking Heads–Life During Wartime
CCR–Bad Moon Rising
The Bee Gees–Stayin’ Alive
Bad Company–
Shooting Star
Downpour in Cairo
Lynyrd Skynyrd–Smokestack Lightning
Call Me The Breeze
Dead Man Walking
Gimme Three Steps
Rocking Little Town
Life’s Lessons
Need All My Friends
Alison Krauss–Didn’t Leave Nobody But The Baby
The Whites–Keep On The Sunny Side
The Allman Brothers–Blue Sky
Ritchie Blackmore’s Night–
The Storm
Mid Winter’s Night
Gone With The Wind
Blue Highway–Still Climbing Mountains
Bonnie Raitt–Deep Water
Cate Brothers–There Goes The Neighborhood
Doobie Brothers–Black Water
Lonesome Road–Higher Ground
George Strait–Ready For The End of the World
By The Light Of The Burning Bridge
The Dixie Chicks–
Landslide
Top Of The World
Chris Thile–Brakeman’s Blues
Alison Krauss & Union Station–
Dark Skies
Bright Sunny South
Rain Please Go Away
John Anderson–I Fell In The Water
John Hiatt–
Cold River
Wintertime Blues
The Grascals–
Keep Me From Blowing Away
Rolly Muddy River
Nickle Creek–Why Should The Fire Die
Rhonda Vincent–Drivin’ Nails in My Coffine
Ray Charles–Heat Of The Night
Red Thunder–
Water Night
Heart Beat
Steely Dan–
Rikki Don’t Lose That Number
Everything Must Go
Trace Adkins–If I Fall [You’re Going With Me]
Van Halen–Judgment Day
The Greencards–Weather and Water
Whiskey River Band–Dancing Around The Fire
Enya–A Day Without Rain
Johnny Paychek–Take This Job And Shove It
The Bloodhound Gang–The Roof Is On Fire
Golden Earring–
Twilight Zone
Radar Love
Deep Purple–Smoke On The Water
The playground song ‘Ring Around The Rosie’
Green Day–Warning
Twisted Sister–We’re Not Going To Take it
The Who–
Who Are You
Won’t Get Fooled Again
Santana–Oye Como Va
Peter Gabrial–Red Rain
Seals & Crofts–Summer Breeze
Jonathan Edwards–Sunshine [Go Away Today]
Paper Lace–The Night Chicago Died
Johnny Nash–I Can See Clearly Now
Little Feat–Texas Twister
Rush–
Between The Wheels
Manhattan Project
Force Ten
High Water
Workin’ Them Angles
Yngwie Malmsteen–Blitzkrieg
Cold Chisel–Cheap Wine and a Three Day Growth
Thin Lizzy–The Boys Are Back In Town
The Foo Fighters–In Your Honor
Edwin Starr-War
Rose & The Arrangement–The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati
Bobby Russell–The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia
A. Sevison–Give Me Oil For My Lamp
Kingston Trio–This Little Light Of Mine
Al & Willy Simmons–It’s Raining, It’s Pouring
Queen–Another One Bites The Dust
Peter Seeger–All My Trials
The Beatles–With A Little Help From My Friends
Johnny Cash–Goin’ By The Book
Train–Calling All Angels
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds–[I’ll Love You] Till The End Of The World
Men Without Hats–Pop Goes The World
The Doors–Riders On The Storm
KT Tunstall–Miniature Disasters
Neil Young–Like A Hurricane
Johnny Cash–
Ring Of Fire
Five Feet High And Rising
Jimi Hendrix–The Wind Cries Mary
Billy Ocean–When The Going Gets Tough
Pat Benetar–Hit Me With Your Best Shot
U2–Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Destiny’s Child–Survivor
Reba McEntire–I’m A Survivor
Gloria Gaynor–I Will Survive
Rihanna–Emergency Room
Foreigner–Urgent
Ultravox–Reap The Wild Wind
Blue Oyster Cult–Burning For You
The Trammps–Disco Inferno
George Winston–New Orleans Shall Rise Again
Bruce Springsteen–The Rising
Gypsy Pistoleros–Livin La Vida Loca
The Psychedelic Furs–Heartbeat
Aurora & Zon del Barrio–Revolu
The Gitanos–Que Loco Mundo
Michel Rivard–Toute Personnelle Fin Du Monde
Monty Python–Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life
Jen Nelson–For What It’s Worth
Steadman–Wave Goodbye
Parks and Gardens–You Are Dead
Grace Potters & The Nocturnals–Ain’t No Time
Jenn Franklin–What Took You So Long
Alvin Jett & the Phat noiZ Blues Band–Angels Sing The Blues
Karen Kosowski–We’ll Find You
The Crystal Method–Keep Hope Alive [There Is Hope Mix]
Norman Greenbaum–Spirit In The Sky
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers–Free Fallin’
EMF–Unbelievable
Love And Rockets–Ball of Confusion
Belinda Carlisle–Heaven Is A Place On Earth
The Fixx–One Thing Leads To Another
Elton John–Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting
Echo & The Bunnymen–People Are Strange
Van Halen–Runnin With The Devil
Bill Noonan Band–Get Off My Land
Hot House Flowers–Hallelujah
Joshua Lebofsky–The Redemption Song
Richard Seguin–
Chanson Pour Durer Toujours
Ice Comme Ailleurs
La Maison Brule
Les Temps Changent
Ten Toes Up–Trip On Troubles
Patti Smith–Are You Experienced?
The Clash–Should I Stay Or Should I Go
Queen–Keep Yourself Alive
Bon Jovi–Wanted Dead Or Alive
Stephane Wrembel–Water Is Life
Kool & The Gang–Emergency
The Lovin’ Spoonful–Summer In The CityThe Eagles–Hotel California
Earth, Wind & Fire–That’s The Way Of The World
Tom Fenton & Ice Nine–Don’t Go Down To The Fallout Shelter [With Anyone Else But Me]
Tom Lehrer–
Pollution
So Long, Mom [A Song for WWIII]
We Will All Go Together When We Go
Prepared
The Brothers Johnson–Get The Funk Out Ma Face
The Foo Fighters–Times Like These
