Category: elderly

• The People Who Make Up My Life

  I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how people move in and out of my life. Quickly. Slowly. Suddenly and abruptly. Gradually or almost without noticing. The amount of time they spend in my life, in my physical presence seems completely unrelated to the amount of time they remain in my conscious and subconscious mind…

  Dave

  October 12, 2020

  childbirth, Compassion, Death and Dying, elderly, EMS, Family, mental health, Outside Life, overdoses, patients, pediatric, Random Thoughts

• How We Used to Die

  An excellent piece I read a while ago and then lost the link before I had saved it. How do you handle elderly patients in cardiac arrest? Are these calls difficult for you? I often wonder if anyone has spoken about quality of life vs. quantity to the family members crying out for help for…

  Dave

  November 1, 2016

  Death and Dying, elderly, EMS, patients

• Like my own Gramma

  We  were dispatched for trouble breathing. It had been a busy night, back-to-back calls, all kinds of patients. The day had felt rather hurried and frantic. My partner and I were both a few PCRs behind. We arrived on scene at a single family home and a woman waiting out front for us. “It’s my…

  Dave

  August 24, 2016

  Compassion, elderly, EMS, Family, patients, Professional Pride