It’s that time of year, I get to practice as a nurse.  I got my R.N. a number of years ago, but I only actually touch patients as a nurse at flu shot season.  While going to nursing school, I got my EMS clinical coordinator job, and that combined with still working full time as […]

There is not a lot of methamphetamine use in Connecticut.  I rarely encounter patients high on meth as a paramedic.  I understand there is a fair amount of meth use in certain subcultures in the state, but in general those subcultures rarely generate 911 calls.  We are a huge opioid fentanyl state. That may change.  […]

  It has been a great summer here as far as COVID goes, low numbers, very few cases.  On the ambulance we all wear our face masks, and I wear a face shield when I remember to grab it, and while I carry my isolation bag into the scene with me, I haven’t put on […]

As posted a few days ago, I am pleased to announce Johns Hopkins University Press will be publishing my newest book, Killing Season A Paramedic’s Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Opioid Epidemic.  The book will be released in April 2021, but is available for preorder now on Amazon. Preorder Here The book tells […]

The Boss is Back.  Bruce Springsteen just released his best rock anthem in years.  “Ghost.”  I was no fan of his last album where he embraced his tendency to sing about stoic defeated men, wistful for their pasts.  In Ghosts, he summons his past, and his past fills him again with fire and light.  If […]

At the behest of the people at Johns Hopkins University Press, I will be expanding my social media presence to help promote my new book.  I have done this blog for over 16 years, but have not yet ventured onto Facebook or Twitter, which I will now embark to do. Today while watching football (Go […]

Great article in The Hartford Courant about the first year’s worth of data from the SWORD project, which collects EMS reports of opioid overdoses. First report on Connecticut’s real-time, opioid overdose tracking system reveals higher number of cases in Hartford County I was also interviewed by the local FOX news channel about the project. UConn […]

Coming in April 2021 from Johns Hopkins University Press. Now available for preorder on Amazon. Killing Season: A Paramedic’s Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Opioid Epidemic

There are to COVID tracking sites I follow every day.   They both have color coded maps that show how each state is doing according to their metrics. Connecticut is not doing as well as it has in the past.  Our dailey cases and test positivity rate have gone up and stayed there over the last […]