Category: overdoses

• McClain, Paramedics, Qualified Immunity, Other Thoughts

  Elijah McClain, Paramedics, Qualified Immunity, and Other Thoughts on Professionalism

  Dave

  December 24, 2023

  cardiac arrest, Compassion, EMS, overdoses, patients, Police, Professional Pride, provider safety, Public Safety, safety

  deputy, EMS, firefighter, ketamine, law enforcement, mental health, news, patients, Police, provider safety, Public Safety, qualified immunity

• 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

• Connecting with a Drug Overdose Patient

  She’s only 20 years old*. 15 years younger than me. Laid out on the ground in front of the house. It’s 40 degrees outside at 1am here in Texas. Her boyfriend woke up and found her not breathing and did CPR on her while waiting for us to show up. The police showed up first…

  Dave

  December 19, 2019

  Compassion, EMS, overdoses, patients, Professional Pride

• Overdoses and Junkies

  Are we burned out on narcotic overdoses?

  Dave

  May 3, 2016

  EMS, overdoses

  burnout, EMS, heroin, junkies, naloxone, narcan, overdose, patients