A left turn and a leap of faith

[Tev62]

 Two weeks from now I will be piloting a 2016 former Santa Monica Police BMW RTP painted up like a European emergency response bike in day-glow yellow with the word BLOOD on the windshield. I’m about to do hours of HIPAA and OSHA medical material handling and chain of custody training.

I’ll be the first full time staff rider.
The plan is that as the company grows we’ll take on more bikes and riders and I’ll vet and train the riders and manage the fleet. 

Or it will crash and burn, I’ll have a cool story to tell, and I’ll be looking for a job. But there is no way on earth I’m  going to let the opportunity slip by.

MOTO-Med.com

Congratulation GIN60, I take my hat off to you with a new adventure. This is a very big thing here in Ireland (and the UK) but it is a charitable organisation. All Blood Bikers give their time for free and there are a certain amount of bikes liveried up like this which the charity pays for rather than using your own bike. Only about 10% of the deliveries are actually blood these days. It can be anything medical now, e.g. specialist breast milk, an emergency drug and such like.

Riders here MUST be certified as Advanced Riders and have a ROSPA or IAMS Gold level certificate. Pass is Gold, Silver or Bronze, only Gold will do and you have to recertify every three years. I have been a ROSPA Instructor for many years (ROSPA is also a charity) and have trained up many a Blood Biker.