Category: Family

• Musings on a decade in EMS

  You know that song by Faces, Ooh La La, that has the chorus that goes “I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was younger“? That’s how I feel about some parts of my career in EMS. I realized today that I’m about 12 years into my EMS career, and about 7…

  Dave

  May 11, 2017

  Compassion, EMS, Family, Professional Pride, Random Thoughts

• Knowing When You’ll Die

  Firstly, I’d like to apologize for not posting to the VEB blog for a couple months. The holidays kind of ran away from me and I have been particularly busy at work. Thank you for remaining a reader and subscriber, to those of you who are still with me. This post is a sermon I…

  Dave

  January 4, 2017

  Death and Dying, EMS, Family, Outside Life

• 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