Recent content by BlueAngel2955

Not my story, thank goodness, but an old supervisors. Many years ago I worked for a private ambulance service that beat you over the head about driving safety at every available opportunity. They required that one of the medics "spot" the driver any time the vehicle was backing up. Good...

If your dispatchers have ever been stuck in a truck to work calls because too many people called off that day... If you have ever carried a large bag with maps of your state and the 4 other surrounding ones in it, with all the receiving facilities highlighted in each. For Multi-state...

Snowy Weather... Some years ago when working in the northeast, we were hit by a large, unexpected snowstorm which dumped 9 inches of snow on a city which usually gets 9 inches of snow over the whole winter. Half the techs/medics called out stuck at home. I made it in, having had experience...

In my long EMS career (I'm now retired) I had the race card pulled many times. The worst incident involved a double shooting in the middle of a street in a minority neighborhood. My unit was first on scene; two victims, 1st was DOS, trauma incompatible (took two to the head). We started...