A Day in the Life of an Ambulance Driver. Blue Lights and Car Horns. DTsEMT IV Drip Rate Calculator. Posted on August 23, 2014. Now-me arrives with the family, and the first ride I get on is the Drop Tower. Sit in your chair, which raises you to almost 300 feet. During the second or two I fell, I thought, Well, this is fun. But afterwards? I reacted thus to e.

Last week I had my first stroke call. So I got this email today. The college has accepted my application for their Paramedicine course this coming fall.

On the Clock is a semi-autobiographical fiction written by a 19 year old EMT from the great state of Virginia. It seems to be the thing to do in medblogs nowadays! Oh GOD just go.

Christian, Registered Nurse, and Paramedic with strong opinions. Welcome to my blog and thanks for visiting! I am a RN and a Paramedic. I am a Christian, Jesus is the forefront and center of my life-as well as the only reason I stay sane with my current life! View my complete profile. A Day In The Life Of An Ambulance Driver. ERnursey - An emergency room nurse blog.

Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. Sunday, April 24, 2005.

You have a four year degree in anthropology and you drive an ambulance for a living? Monday, October 10, 2005. Had an out-of-the-ordinary experience last night. We had the guy sit down and took his keys while we waited on the police. A state trooper happened to be at the intersection, and he joined us within a few seconds. The driver blew a .

All views, opinions, and statements are my own and do not reflect the views of my employer, my coworkers, or any other person. Identifying information has been altered, obfuscated, or just plain made up. Wednesday, May 20, 2015. He is half a dozen years older than me, sitting in a hospital bed, awake and alert, perhaps a little worried, but not acutely unwell. His heart is choking, dying. Unfortunately, the cath lab is busy. A complex case on the table that cannot be interrupted.

Saturday, April 26, 2008. Most forests in the US are overgrown and unhealthy. Those are some scary statistics. It seems like scary things are becoming more and more common these days.

From office drone to EMT to medical student and onward. Notes from a life in transition. 10 ADHD kids getting medication refills. 1 hour lecture on psychiatry. 2 hours group therapy for substance abuse. 16 hours on call with behavioral emergency group responding to local EDs and consults. 1 morning of general lecture information. A different kind of funeral.

The life of a paramedic in the great windy city of Chicago. I just got back from another call. We were called for a check up on a 10-50. It was at the furthest edge of our district. When we got on scene, all I saw was a squad car.