Welcome to the bed. We'll go ahead and give you
the story. This is all going to happen super
fast. Welcome to the emergency room. Hey guys,
this is not an educational episode. This is more
of like an announcement. When it comes to the
podcast, I don't know what to do or how to handle
it. For the longest time, but don't worry, it's
not going anywhere. It's still gonna be here
for you guys to kind of cut through the noise.
For the longest time, I've been on the fence
about charging for ACLS, PALS, ATLS, TNCC, all
the other certifications that I hold that I'll
have to renew and stuff like that. But I hate
the fact that I would be gatekeeping this information.
You know, and so I don't like that either. I'm
a firm believer that if you're going to be in
healthcare, you need ACLS, you need PALS, you
need these things. You can debate me all you
want on it. I don't care. You need it. or at
least the very minimum, the recognition of advanced
cardiac rhythms that will lead to the infamous
VFib VTAC. That's just my stance on it. I mean,
I'm coming from emergency medicine, but then
again, like I also work the floor as well, and
I still stand by what I say. I honestly believe
that you need to know this stuff. I was going
to charge for it. like a small subscription fee,
like a dollar or something like that, but I just
can't bring myself to charge you guys for something
that I full wholeheartedly believe you should
already know or be willing to learn and know
to be a better medical provider, whether that
be a physician, nurse, tech, EMS, you know, EMTA
or EMTP, whatever, right? A little history about
the podcast is that it wasn't supposed to be
a podcast. Funny enough, right? It was actually
supposed to be a clothing line that me and a
friend were launching after LVN school. But after
LVN school, I had a very difficult time getting
a job in the hospital because I knew that I wanted
to work in the hospital when I finished up LVN
school. And so I actually took a job in Virginia,
Roanoke, Virginia, which is basically southwest
Virginia, right there on the border of West Virginia.
And the other person stayed here in Houston and
took a job at a well -known clinic in this area.
And so, long story short, you know, like life
got in the way and we just never got around to
getting it off the ground and they went their
way with life and I went my way in life. When
I decided to go back to school to pursue my RN,
I didn't know about these products that I'm using
to help me out and inadvertently helping you
guys out. I was going to charge for ACLS and
PALS and... you know, ATLS and TNCC and stuff
like that. I was going to charge for that stuff
because I wanted to help offset some of the costs
that I'm accruing while having these programs
and these memberships to upload this stuff. Even
though like RSS, yes, is technically free, but
you're only allowed to upload like one episode.
a week or every other week and notebook lm yes
is technically free but you're only allowed to
make a certain amount of notebooks in a given
time frame before they close you out and it just
kind of forces you to kind of upgrade. on both
platforms, especially with the amount of material
that I'm uploading and providing you guys and
actually covering in school. So I just went ahead
and purchased the year plan. That way I don't
have to worry about it anymore. So I was going
to sit there and have a subscription based product
for these certification classes to help me offset
some of that cost. So I've gone away from that.
I don't want to start a GoFundMe because I don't
want to hand out. I want, if I'm going to be
taking your money, I want you to get some value
from it. And an altruistic feeling is not something
that I think is good enough. I've gone away from
the subscription based, probably a bad idea.
but that's what I'm deciding to do. I've decided
that I'm going to try this route instead and
pick up where I left off with the original Stat
Stitch brand. Now the brand itself, again, is
made for the healthcare field. Being a straight
male in a predominantly female dominated career
field, I don't have a high demand for... a shirt
that says nurse with a bunch of flowers on it,
you know? That's not my particular style. I know
there are some guys out there that is their style.
That's just not my style. And I'm also not the
type that wants, you know, hearts and stuff like
that all over the front of my shirt either. So
I went to the drawing board. quite literally,
and I have designed a bunch of shirts that can
be worn by male or female, but it also cuts to
the issues that we face in nursing in a humorous
way. And so when you look at the products that
I've uploaded to these particular shops, you'll
see that maybe you resonate with some of these
products or maybe you don't. But regardless,
you know, like this is my solution. I probably
shouldn't tell you guys the back end of this
stuff, but I'm going to be dropshipping this
stuff just because of school and work. I don't
know how quick of a turnaround I'll be able to
get your orders out, or if I have enough space
to hold inventory or even press this stuff. screen
print this stuff. I'm going to try a drop shipping
route and then if I see that you guys are really
loving these designs and you guys are really
loving these shirts because it really resonates
with your personality and how you feel then sure
I might consider about bringing some of this
stuff in house and seeing like how I can lower
the cost and some of this stuff. The pricing
itself might be a little steep but again like
I'm looking just, you know, for it to help offset
some of these costs. And I'm not asking for a
handout. All I'm saying is, hey, if you want
to support the channel and you like the products
that, you know, that you see that would support
the channel, then by all means, yeah, grab a
shirt, grab your friend a shirt or grab your
work wife, work husband a shirt and kind of roll
with it. That's all I'm asking. If I'm not mistaken,
I think the shirts are going to be 35. But yeah,
that's kind of what I think I've decided that
I'm going to do. It's going to be a third party
drop shipping company that's going to be handling
the fulfillment of these things. but these are
my designs and I truly believe that they speak
to the spirit of emergency medicine or just nursing,
you know. And on that note, man, speaking of
products and plugs, if you guys are in emergency
medicine, you know, whether you're a nurse, flight
nurse, you know, doc, EMTA or EMTP, there's an
Etsy shop too. His name is... dude are in creations
and he makes amazing stuff. He has these syringe
sockets that are a major hit at work for me.
The physicians love them. My coworkers love them.
Patients love them. They always have something
to say. It always goes along the lines of, wow,
you look prepared. And I feel good that you're
prepared. And I'm like, well, I'm glad that I
look prepared because I feel prepared. And guess
what? I am prepared. It's just little comments
like that that I get from my coworkers and patients,
the docs. And even better, man, they glow in
the dark. You know, make sure you order the ones
that glow in the dark though. But the ones that
I have glow in the dark. Now, I don't know what
trauma bay is gonna be operating in the dark,
but I can imagine that if you're on the bird,
you know, you're gonna be in the dark because
I don't know very many lighting schemes in a
whirly bird, especially coming from, you know,
time and service. Go check him out, man. Like,
he has a lot of great material. He has a syringe
saver. Version two that I'm also a big fan of
I had two of them one of them decided to walk
away to someone else and The other one I keep
on my belt and so when I get these coberts in
the ER I usually load up my five and five and
stick the big syringe and the big holder in my
little my little syringe and my little in the
little holder and I go in and I get in the blender
with these with these psych patients that want
to just you know, get roughed up and have attention.
Give them the five and five and then walk out
like nothing ever happened and just wait 20 minutes,
you know, and put them back in bed. So yeah,
go check his stuff out, man. Like he has a new
product that's called the Field Rig. I ordered
a few of those as well. That's going to be coming
in clutch. I can feel it. And then he also has
this product that he's going to be pushing back
out called the Skyhook. And it's a piece of aluminum
that you can clip on to your scrubs or to your
flight suit or to your whatever you guys wear
on the box. Polos, button -up shirts. I don't
know what you guys wear. I just know that you
wear it. But you can clip it to that too. and
you can hang your fluids off of it without getting
air in your line when you're transferring patient
to from you know EMS stretcher to bed or I use
it to again transfer from EMS stretcher to bed
in a level one activation or when I'm getting
ready to prime fluids I want to have both hands
because those damn IV tubings are so fucking
long you know like you you kind of get lost with
it and There's no telling how many times I've
actually put a knot in my line and just want
to kick a screaming kid. You know, it's just
annoying. So it comes in handy. That's what I'm
trying to say. So yeah, that's the announcement
is that Stat Stitch, the Stat Stitch podcast
was not supposed to be a podcast. It was actually
supposed to be a clothing line that I never got
around to launching. And here I am kind of soft
launching it. just to kind of help offset some
of the cost that I'm accruing while just uploading
these episodes for everyone. I'm not looking
for a handout. I'm just looking for some support.
And if you guys love the shirts and you love
the way that you love the design and you love
how it speaks to your spirit, man, of the ER,
and, you know, you take pride in that, then by
all means, man, grab one. You know, grab your
friends one if you think they would like one.
I have a bunch of designs that I have and, you
know, people love them when I wear them at work
because I make them for myself when I wear them
at work and people love them, you know, so it's
great. Definitely a conversation starter, especially
the B -52 crew. That shirt definitely caught
a lot of attention. But anyways, yeah. So if
you guys are down with it, please by all means...
pick them up, pick up a shirt, you know, yes,
they're a little pricey, but you know, you're
you're supporting a good cause. I think it's
not to get rich by any means. It's just to help
help offset some of this. So, guys, thank you
for listening. And I will be uploading more material,
you know, sometime next week. We have an exam
coming up Tuesday, I believe, of twenty twenty
six February of twenty twenty six. And so we
have a test coming up. So yeah, that's where
the Pete's Cardiac Chapter infection came from.
Alright guys, that's it. That's all I have for
now. I hope you guys have an amazing day.