Category: pediatric

• 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

• I owe some of you an apology…

  Throughout my EMS career, I’ve often wondered why a certain subset of people call 911 so often. Seemingly minor concerns are blown way out of proportion, and, throwing logic and reason to the wind, they demand that the patient be taken to a specialty ER for examination by a specially trained physician. Who are these…

  Dave

  April 15, 2018

  Compassion, EMS, Family, Humor, Outside Life, pediatric, Random Thoughts

• Bringing New Life Into the World

  I don’t often share much about my personal life through this blog, but I am elated to share with you, my readers, that my wife and I are expecting our first child, a boy, due in January 2018! Admittedly, this is a very happy, hectic, exciting time in our lives, and I can’t help but…

  Dave

  August 22, 2017

  childbirth, EMS, Family, Outside Life, patients, pediatric