We’re sent to the courthouse where a marshal takes us back to a holding cell. A thin, bearded man with cuffs around his wrists and his legs chained is bent over in the bare cell, grimacing. “Guess he got nervous about seeing the judge,” the marshal says to us, “Developed himself some back pain.” “I’ve […]
I had three people tell me to read this obituary a woman wrote about her sister who died at thirty-two after a long struggle with addiction. Madelyn Linsenmeir, 1988-2018 Powerful. While I am most moved by the first part that describes Madelyn and shows the clear love of her family for her, I am […]
“EMS personnel and physicians involved with protocol development for EMS systems in the United States, United Kingdom, and similar settings with limited exposure to advanced airway management should reconsider the routine use of endotracheal intubation as the first-line strategy for airway management in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.” This is the conclusion of an editorial in the […]