Tag: work
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After “Oh, Fuck.”
There’s a moment in almost every bad call where your brain takes a second to process the absurdity, and for me, it’s like saying, ‘Oh, so THIS is what we have today?’ It’s not panic, not calm, but a sarcastic acceptance of ridiculousness. A few years ago, I watched a new paramedic learn this lesson…
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The Chair
On Location My first real job out of college wasn’t in medicine, or anywhere near an ambulance. It was in lighting — the kind that makes concerts glow, trade shows sparkle, and corporate galas look like the Grammys. The company was called On Location Lighting Systems, or OLLS, based out of northern Kentucky just south…
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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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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.
