It is thrilling to see a group of doctors and paramedics get together, review the medical literature and make changes based on the best interests of their patients.

A little bit of brightness in a sometimes dim world is no small thing.

My favorite stories are when medics talk about great medics from their past. The stories can be made up, exaggerated or true, but they achieve the status of folklore and the medics in them are our Paul Bunyans and Davy Crockets, our Supermen and our Columbos (the great TV detective played by Peter Faulk).

He came in, did his shifts and went home. I worked with him a few times. He was old school and I liked him.

“The pre-hospital practitioner has the first and perhaps only opportunity to break the pain cascade.”

Thanks for all your responses to my post on Guns and EMS. A couple clarifications and further thoughts.

How committed to safety are you?

This looks like an awesome movie/book. Paramedico: Around the World By Ambulance. Paramedico Benjamin Gilmour Coming Soon Check it out!

Now I have been working in the city for nearing twenty years. Still sometimes there are streets I don’t know. Sometimes, I have to pull over and look at the map or else ask for a cross street on the radio.