Tag: EMS
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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.
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A Mental Health Odyssey – Still Here

A follow-up on A Mental Health Odyssey, revisiting mental health themes, and exploring where I am now, and where I’m headed from here.
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McClain, Paramedics, Qualified Immunity, Other Thoughts
Elijah McClain, Paramedics, Qualified Immunity, and Other Thoughts on Professionalism
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Out with the old…
Out with the old, and in with the new, they say, right? It’s a small thing, but the red penlight on the right has been with me for the better part of 15 years. I think it maybe was a gift when I graduated from paramedic school. It’s been in my sleeve pocket or shirt…
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End of Shift
I may be hanging up my boots. I have, I believe, tended to my last patient, responded to my last call, and ended my last shift.
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New Home, New Site!
Welcome to the new home of my EMS-related thoughts and rantings! For those of you who followed me on The Nightshift Squirrel, thank you so much for making the jump to this site. I’m not entirely sure what happened to the guys I was working with on that site – they’re still active on facebook,…
