Recent content by Tri Cert Lad

Dropping I had a unavoidable "loaded Gurney Failure" in a hallway in a major hospital once, that wasn't witnessed by anyone, and the patient was already in a daze, so nothing happened and the patient was shaken up, but unharmed. Another time I had an elderly female on a split frame scoop...

Committed Years ago, as a full time EMS Dispatcher and a part time EMT, I would often be asked to work OT as an EMT at the end of my Dispatch shift, all for the same Department, in case somebody called in sick and they needed a warm body to fill a unit. So I often worked both sides of the...

Years ago, when I was on a unit, I had a simple double leather holster, with just a pair of bandage scissors and a penlight. One afternoon, while using the restroom at a store, a young man stopped me outside and wanted to buy my scissors (thinking they were something else), and pointing to my...

Being new, I didn't really know where to put this, but here goes. Years ago, when plastic water bottles became really popular, I carried clean extras for my partner and I and whenever we ran calls with an Engine (mostly MVA's of if they were closer to a call) we would ask permission from the...

A LONG explanation Actually, before I got sick and retired, everyone knew me by "Rodney", I forget now why I didn't use Rodney here instead of "Tri Cert Lad" (a VERY short lived nickname when I went into the Dispatch office to train). Maybe it was already taken, but if not, I would like to...