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The Seat Doesn’t Remember You
Thinking back on time spent at my current agency, and the replaceable nature of EMS positions and the care and effort we take to make sure we are able to move on to other jobs while the wheels keep turning behind us.
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How do you say Goodbye?
Two weeks ago, during what I thought would be a routine telepsychiatry appointment, Monalisa told me something I wasn’t prepared to hear. Our next appointment would be our last. We were reviewing how the medications were doing. A recent increase in Effexor had helped resolve a brief resurgence of depressive symptoms that had begun to…
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The Chair
On Location My first real job out of college wasn’t in medicine, or anywhere near an ambulance. It was in lighting — the kind that makes concerts glow, trade shows sparkle, and corporate galas look like the Grammys. The company was called On Location Lighting Systems, or OLLS, based out of northern Kentucky just south…
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A Mental Health Odyssey – Still Here
A follow-up on A Mental Health Odyssey, revisiting mental health themes, and exploring where I am now, and where I’m headed from here.
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A Mental Health Odyssey
The author shares his journey through major depressive disorder, anxiety, and social phobia while working as an EMS provider. Despite having effective treatment for years, he experiences a decline in mental health in late 2023, prompting medication changes and the need for a temporary leave of absence. The narrative includes personal challenges, medication adjustments, struggles…
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McClain, Paramedics, Qualified Immunity, Other Thoughts
Elijah McClain, Paramedics, Qualified Immunity, and Other Thoughts on Professionalism
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Out with the old…
Out with the old, and in with the new, they say, right? It’s a small thing, but the red penlight on the right has been with me for the better part of 15 years. I think it maybe was a gift when I graduated from paramedic school. It’s been in my sleeve pocket or shirt…
Ventricular Escape Beats
Thoughts and Musings not initiated through normal conduction pathways.
Ventricular Escape Beats 