Archive for October2014
Thoughts on Ebola
Working at the hospital and on the ambulance, it has been heavy duty Ebola lately. Memos, flyers, posters, policies, and lots of questions. I have written power points, given talks and had many conversations on Ebola. Every day I read the CDC site for updates, which are numerous. I have even, along with two of […]
Connecticut Limits Long Boards
On February 21, 2013 I wrote the post In Praise of CEMSMAC, to celebrate the courage of Connecticut’s top EMS doctors to back the draft document on spinal boards proposed by the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP), and to use that document as a guideline to developing statewide guidelines limiting the use of long […]
Ebola
I first read about Ebola from the 1995 bestseller The Hot Zone by Richard Preston, which recounted how monkeys in a government lab in Reston, Virginia suddenly started dying from what turned out to be the only strain of Ebola that doesn’t affect humans. A great read and thriller that I highly recommend. Over the […]
Peter Canning
Assassin
As cases have risen in recent weeks, Officials should have given warning residents to be particularly cautious over their Thanksgiving breaks this week as families gather to celebrate.
2020-11-25 06:06:17
Passengers
Breathtaking to read. I can not imagine what you are going through night after night. Stay strong and thank you for your service.
2020-11-25 06:02:17
EMS Drugs
In the calls that I have seen Narcan, Oxygen, Nitro, Dextrose are the top 4.
2020-11-07 00:32:28
Help is Always Right
I was inducted into street work in the late 80s by a Catholic Worker whose brother was an addict. He died on the street here in Austin in the mid-90s and that's where she got her bias against giving money, which she inculcated into me. My policy still to this day, but you have given…
2020-10-20 01:26:41
Maps
