I was a new paramedic. The senior medic briefed me. They took two guys out of a basement apartment with high carbon monoxide readings after a dryer caught on fire. Ones already on the way to the hospital for evaluation. Your patient is the guy over by the building door arguing with the police officer. […]
An interview with me talking about the opioid epidemic in the shadows of the COVID pandemic appeared this morning on This Week in Connecticut with Dennis House. Local paramedic’s first-hand look at the deadly toll of drug use amid the pandemic Killing Season will be out on April 6, 2021. Preorder Killing Season
By all accounts, the opioid overdose epidemic is getting worse. A recent study published in JAMA which analyzed emergency department visits (ED) found overdoses were up 29% from March to October of 2020 versus the same period for the previous year. Opioid overdoses 29% higher in 2020 than before the pandemic: Study Fatal Unintentional Drug […]
I have had some great publicity for my forthcoming book lately. Here is a interview with the Hartford Courant: Paramedic chronicles the daily tragedy of drug overdoses in Connecticut before and during pandemic The story was picked up by other papers across the country. I also received a great review in EMS World from […]
I just finished Wild Rescues: A Paramedic’s Extreme Adventures in Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton by paramedic Kevin Grange. Kevin Grange is an excellent writer and Wild Rescues is great book that delivers on its promise. From the moment he drives up to Yosemite in a snowstorm to start his job as a ranger paramedic […]
I have been following the COVID trend since the epidemic began. To me, the best indicator of COVID in our area has been the hospitalizations. Cases numbers can change based on the number of tests and who is being tested, the same with positivity percent. Deaths, can be a good indicator, but they lag the […]