A nugget of Big Medicine every day. #46 Make a real difference Okay, here’s the deal. If you’re looking to add EMS to your department’s portfolio of services simply as a means of padding sagging fire response statistics, building an argument for increased funding, and, as a distant afterthought, providing […]
Monthly Archives: July 2012
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A nugget of Big Medicine every day. #45 Accept the role The Karma Police assign you For many of the emergency services communications specialists/dispatchers who worked with me over the years at CSL EMS, a lasting memory of our time together was the inevitability that I would call in on […]
A nugget of Big Medicine every day. #44 Be gracious when recognized If you’ve been a paramedic as long as I have, you’ve rolled on thousands of calls and interacted with people in communities near and far and, in my case, in other countries. Often your calls have included lengthy […]
The reaction from readers to The Positive Paramedic Project has been overwhelming. I thought I should start collecting their notes and stories. The entire series “Hal, I wanted to let you know how much I appreciate what you are doing with the Positive Paramedic Project. I have been teaching EMS […]
A nugget of EMS organizational wisdom every day. #43 Learn the art of caring. Have you ever been to Bethany, West Virginia? Probably not–it’s not a corner of the world that is found on many frequent flier lists. Bethany is in Brooke County, in the northern panhandle of West Virginia. […]
Musical accompaniment for this episode of The Positive Paramedic Project has been graciously provided by Philadelphia singer/songwriter Tony Mecca. Tony’s take on ‘Riders On The Storm‘ is a beautiful, haunting retelling of The Doors’ classic tune and fits this episode perfectly. Please check out Tony’s official website. Download Tony Mecca’s […]
A nugget of EMS organizational wisdom every day. #41 If you’re going to lie, go high. I never bought into carrying all that extraneous paramedic crapola around my waist. I was a big clumsy guy when I worked on the streets. Anything worn on my hip was subject to maximum […]
A nugget of EMS organizational wisdom every day. #40 Remember your roots I rolled on my first working fire during the winter of 1978. I remember it was a very cold morning. I don’t recall how I got to the scene in Ville St-Pierre. I remember standing on an interior […]
A nugget of EMS organizational wisdom every day. #39 Tune in to your gut’s alert frequency I’m a weather geek. I’ve been a weather geek since I was a kid. I love watching the clouds, the sky, the horizon, the winds, the dew, the rain, the snow – even the […]
A nugget of EMS organizational wisdom every day. #38 Pay it forward. I’ve got a box full of stuff that I’ll proudly display one day when I’m finally okay with having a ‘I love me’ wall. There’s a couple of letters from the Prime Minister of Canada, a letter from […]