Prince George's County Unveils Pink Engine for Breast Cancer Awareness

[News]

Throughout October, the Pink Pumper will attend events to help with awareness efforts and will also still respond on fire and EMS calls.

With appearances at Byrd Stadium on Saturday and FedEx Field on Sunday, it is estimated that this PGFD PINK Pumper will be the most photographed piece of fire apparatus in the country. (MARK BRADY, PGFD PIO)

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[DFIB]

Corpus Christi has been doing this for some time now, I think.

[cscboulder11]

I get that raising awareness and all is nice, but funding for research shouldn't be based on media dollars.

[paramedicmike]

How would you propose dollars be funneled into research?

[cscboulder11]

One organization splitting donations among research for all cancers equally.

[Eydawn]

How about we focus not "equally on all cancers" but aggressively on the most deadly and costly of them? On those holding the most promise for potential treatment modalities, or genetic information that allows attack on other similar cancers?

We used to focus on curing cancer. Right now we focus on treating it. Bit of a weird thing, eh?

Wendy

CO EMT-B

RN-ADN Student

[paramedicmike]

Perhaps I should've asked my question differently. You don't want media dollars driving research. From where do you propose the money originates?

[cscboulder11]

Perhaps I should've asked my question differently. You don't want media dollars driving research. From where do you propose the money originates?

Direct donations. Ideally, it'd be a 100% volunteer run organization so that at least, 95% of donations go directly towards research. That 5% would be for managing a website and minor promotion.

How about we focus not "equally on all cancers" but aggressively on the most deadly and costly of them? On those holding the most promise for potential treatment modalities, or genetic information that allows attack on other similar cancers?

We used to focus on curing cancer. Right now we focus on treating it. Bit of a weird thing, eh?

Wendy

CO EMT-B

RN-ADN Student

Hmm, that's worth thinking about. Perhaps a bit of more donation money could be used on the higher mortality rate cancers with spending bit more of the donation amounts on prevention and awareness for the lower mortality ones. Still, I'd rather see donations going directly towards research and awareness of all, not just who can blow the most on advertising *cough* Komen *cough*

[WestMetroMedic]

I have been starting 20 gauge IV's only this month for breast cancer awareness.

Edited October 9, 2012 by WestMetroMedic