Earlier this month in Connecticut law enforcement arrested two men from Maryland for having 15,000 blue Fentanyl pills hidden in Nerds and Skittles candy wrappers. This was not the rainbow fentanyl (multicolored pills), just regular blue counterfeit oxycodone 30’s hidden in candy packaging to elude law enforcement. Nevertheless, news coverage following their indictment this week…
The DEA recently warned Americans about rainbow fentanyl, multicolored pills, powders and blocks containing fentanyl that the agency said were “a deliberate effort by drug traffickers to drive addiction amongst kids and young adults.” We haven’t seen the rainbow pills in our area (Connecticut) although we have seen quite a lot of blue and purple…
I turned 64 recently. Happy Birthday to me. A couple weeks ago, on two occasions, people offered to help me carry my gear. I work in the fly car so I am often on scene first, and then I turn the call over to the responding crew if they are ALS or if they are…
Many people retired from EMS lament their past as some of the best times of their lives and state how much they miss working the road. Why did they stop? Injury, Age, Working Conditions, Lack of Upward Mobility, Time Away From Family and Money or combination of the six are the likeliest explanations. Otherwise, why…
I worked my first shift as a paramedic in Hartford in January of 1995. Hartford was in the final stages of a gang war between Los Solidos (The Solids) and the Latin Kings. Homicides were at an all-time high. And there were far fewer medics on the streets then. It was a good introduction to…