If I ever had a call – a double shooting or a status seizure — where I could look back and say here is where it all came together, then I have forgotten it. What I remember from my earlier years as a medic is not so much one specific call, but rather gradual realizations…
Month: May 2010
Cold Justice
Australian author and former paramedic Katherine Howell has written her third EMS-related crime thriller, Cold Justice. Like her first two thrillers, Frantic and the Darkest Hour, it is a great read. The books have a constant character in police detective Ella Marconi, who teams with a different paramedic in each book to solve the crime….
Paramedic Awareness
I recieved email this week from a Denver paramedic working to promote paramedic awareness and recruitment, asking me to post a Youtube link. On it there are a number of excellent videos.
Community
Last week I had the privilege of attending a ceremony in which a town received a Heart Safe Community designation, which goes to towns who meet certain criteria in terms of their EMS systems and availability of training, education and public access defibrillators and other factors affecting the Chain of Survival. At this particular ceremony there were…