I am going to talk about scars for a moment, both physical but also emotional scars. I can talk about all of the emotional scars working in EMS has given me, from the long nights dealing with an almost endless stream of drunk or indigent people who have lost all hope, to the children who Read More…
Category: General EMS
Coming to Grips With the Sunset of My Career
I am rapidly realizing that it’s ok that my time in the Emergency Services is coming to a close. I have had some great times on this job, my certifications expire in 2018, I will most likely go through one more certification cycle as it makes logical sense especially if I am going to an Read More…
Reflections
Earlier today I learned of the tragic passing of one of the people I work with at the Renaissance Festival. He passed away tragically in a hit and run accident Sunday afternoon, his wife who taught my son all about stilt walking and performing with a crowd was in the vehicle with him, she is Read More…
Always Eat Your Fries First
in 1994 when i was just a young EMT-Basic one of my instructors gave me some sage wisdom in regards to meal consumption while working in an ambulance. This advice was to always eat my french fries first, french fries do not microwave well and are really only good when you get them initially, so Read More…
Cancer and its Mental Trauma
September 8th of this year will mark 23 years of EMS experience for me, in that time I have treated everything from sprained toes and the flu all the way to babies murdered by mothers too drunk to understand why we wont let he see her baby. When I first started we were told in Read More…
A Day of Realizations and a Little Yoga
Knowing that I worked at 10 P.M. tonight caused me to decide to stay awake a bit longer than I should have this morning, normally I get the wife and child off to work and school and pretty much go right to bed. Today I stayed up till about 9:30 and went to sleep, only Read More…
Day 2 of DDp Yoga and My Monday
Today was day 2 of my yoga adventure, wasn’t to bad, although i think that i will be skipping Chair Warrior 2 in the future, its has a lot of lunges and the like and those are rather tough on my left hip, although I secretly hope that it pops my hip back in, watching Read More…
The life of a float and system status mangement
I am currently working as an evening and overnight float, this is both a good and not so good experience, I like starting a bit later in the day most of the time, hate working overnights, like the variety of schedule, not a fan of not knowing my hours till a few weeks out. next Read More…
5 months in
I started here at the metro service in May, to say that I am still happy to be here is an understatement. I am rapidly getting to the end of my probationary period here, and it feels like I haven’t really been on probation at all. yes there is a lot to learn, yes its Read More…
Advice on being an old medic in a new world
So here I am, a week into my new service, and already I’m over thinking. Advice for those seasoned EMS professionals on starting brand new at a service. 1. Remember no one knows you here, you may have friends who have shared adventures with you, but by and large you are just another probie, and Read More…