In my years as a paramedic, I have had many nicknames, Cujo, Doc, Sir, Zombie Medic, and more. I have spent three decades fighting for lives, whether by giving medications, doing CPR, talking to someone at the edge of oblivion, and pulling them back to using violence of action to save lives, I save people. Read More…

I’m tired; the last six weeks have been non-stop in the realm of EMS, it’s like the world is burning to the ground but we can’t see it. We have almost daily machete fights, the opiate overdoses are getting younger and more lethal, we have citizens giving Narcan like its water to patients, and I Read More…

There were many things that I was prepared for when I launched Korstog Training, everything from the lean times and the busy times, the potential for accusations of inappropriate actions, and students paying but not showing up and having to make arrangements with them. What I wasn’t prepared for was the number of people who Read More…

In 28 years of working EMS I have seen things that have stuck with me for the whole time, sometimes those things come back to me when my guard is down. The worst call any EMS professional can go on is a true “baby not breathing” where a frantic parent is holding a lifeless infant Read More…

Sometimes we read something that suddenly puts things into perspective, it gives a name to something you have been feeling for a while, and suddenly you are filled with knowledge. Today I finished reading the second book in the Last of the Jedi series. Briefly, the story revolves around Obi-Wan Kenobi while he was living Read More…

Gentle readers I have a cold, and I am rather miserable. I realize comparatively this is by no means the worst medical condition I have had, but its all about perspective, my nose is drippy, my head hurts, my cold meds don’t seem to be giving me any relief, I even switched to allergy meds. Read More…

True believers, I am sitting here a completely different person than I was a year ago. I mean that it’s strange a year ago I was in a downward spiral, I felt persecuted, I felt unappreciated, and I felt that I was just going to be present, that’s it just be present until I was Read More…

Last weekend after a very long time away from the field I went hog hunting in Texas. This trip was quite awhile in the making, I was trying to coordinate with folks to get down to do a trip and I was hoping to do Missouri as it was closer and cheaper, but the group Read More…

Where to start.. Well last week Russia invaded Ukraine, Ukraines people are putting up a hell of a fight, and demonstrating exactly why the right to keep and bare arms is so vital, the government ended up handing out rifles and ammo to the people. Here in the US the Russians would have been dealing Read More…

So it’s Thursday, my 12 hour day…It’s odd, I am feeling both optimistic but also like shit, I know this is due to cold weather, lack of sunlight, life stressors, and just a general desire to tell people how I feel about them and how they treat other people. My therapist says that I need Read More…