Category: provider safety

• 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.

  Dave

  March 31, 2026

  EMS, Family, Professional Pride, provider safety, Public Safety, Random Thoughts

  EMS, Family, future, job-satisfaction, life, mvc, thoughts

• 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

• EMS Week 2020!

  It’s EMS WEEK 2020! It sure doesn’t feel like it, though. Usually as we are approaching this week, we’re talking about crew breakfasts, the EMS week banquet, service recognition events, team-building, and other fun events. Instead, our discussions are focused on things like PPE utilization, COVID alert rates, disease spread, and community fatality rates. Much…

  Dave

  May 17, 2020

  Compassion, EMS, mental health, Professional Pride, provider safety, Public Safety