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9.11.01 We Will Never forget Home Page of Team Aimless .com® Tyjeski .com® Updated 11.21.2010 ----------------------------------------------------------- R.I.P. Terry Hammond 11.05.1957 to 11.19.2010
Do you have a NEW road atlas? (Canada
too this time!) Do you have a GPS? for you “H.O.G.®”
Members,, read up on the “A-B-C’s of
Touring®” we’ve been asked to
incorporate them into our rides! --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- With all the current media blitz about Terry Schiavo it may be time to consider getting a "Living Will". No matter what you views are of the Terry Schiavo case in Florida, most people by now have been exposed to enough media coverage to understand that "IF" she had a Living Will, none of this would make the news media. This same exact scenario is played out EVERY day a thousand times in the United States! Riding season is upon us so lets all take a moment and reflect on our deepest wishes involving our medical care with regards to our final wishes. When we are incapacitated to make these decisions on our own. You do not need an attorney to comply with Ohio law. (Please check with your local doctors office or medical hospital for your particular state). No matter what you particular view on Terry Schiavo is, the only way to avoid this contraversary is to have a valid Living Will. I can only suggest that you also, and as importantly, have a valid Will. A Will does not have to be as defined or as explicit as you may think. And again you do not have to have an attorney write it! At least in Ohio it is legal to have three witnesses sign your personal Will. Check with your particular State for requirements. Having personally gone through my brother's death with NO WILL and negative assets, all I can say is IT IS NECESSARY TO HAVE THESE Documents! Having these documents will save a great amount of money in legal fees. This is based on the State of Ohio laws. 44-page PDF file that explains step-by-step Instruction to complete a valid Living Will http://www.ohpco.org/ (cut & paste) The enclosed forms, which were
produced jointly by the Ohio State Bar Association,
the Ohio State Medical Association, the Ohio Hospital Association and the Ohio
Hospice & Palliative Care Organization, comply with the requirements of Ohio law,
but you do not have to use these forms. You may wish to consult an attorney for
assistance in drafting a document or you may draft your own. However, in
either case, the documents must comply with the specific language spelled out in
the Ohio Revised Code. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Another
medical issue has been brought to my attention by "First Responders", Police,
Firemen, EMT"s, Sheriffs, ect. The need to have identification ON YOUR
PERSON. In our local HOG Chapter we had a husband / wife riding 2-up and
pulling a trailer when they got pushed off the free way July 2004. With their personal
identification in the tour pak, not on their
person, this became the next problem! As the motorcycle flipped upside-down
the tour pak became drastically damaged. As the
husband was life flighted to a hospital different
from his wife, none of the first responders had any identification on either
person! Well the story continues, but the bottom line is it is quite
beneficial to YOU to have the first responders know who YOU are .
There are also privacy issues that I truly understand too. Below are
some printable forms available. These may not suit every situtation. But a quick stop at you
local hospital will provide all the answers to every question you have and
usually a printed version of a Living Will. Most mecical facilities prefer to have a Living Will
wrote prior to your admission to the hospital. Here's a printable free-be! http://www.wetleather.com/reference/medform.html (cut & paste) _____________________________________________________________________________________________ There's
a form you can print off that was written by a paramedic. It's
free. Just print one and fill it in by hand with http://www.firstaidco.ca/medcard.htm (cut & paste) ============================================================================ Dale
Tyjeski Team
Aimless President IBA
# 21738 IWFAI
# 3469 GLMC
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