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 […]
Hal Newman
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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 […]
A nugget of EMS organizational wisdom every day. #37 Leave the spin for the gym. When I became the Head Coach at CSL EMS, it was only a matter of weeks before I received my first complaint from the public about our service. It was from a gentleman who was […]
A nugget of EMS organizational wisdom every day. #36 Take care of each other’s chickens. This is our first summer playing the role of soccer parents for kids who are playing on a regional basis. Our twin thirteen-year-old daughters Emma and Sophie both play for the Magog U-14A team while […]
A nugget of EMS organizational wisdom every day. #35 Revel in your team’s success. When I first started out as the Head Coach at CSL EMS, there was a young woman named Naomi Cherow who was awaiting clearance as a medic. She was small in stature, huge of heart and […]
A nugget of EMS organizational wisdom every day. #34 Don’t become a human sacrifice Have you ever considered Condition White? Condition White is the lowest end of the mental awareness spectrum developed by American law enforcement shooting instructor Jeff Cooper. Condition White, according to the disciples of Cooper, is a […]
A nugget of EMS organizational wisdom every day. #33 Shania left this morning Being a good usher means being able to extend your services to creatures, too. Shania, our Araucana hen, died this morning after a long, remarkable battle with the bad stuff chickens get on occasion. She was a […]
A nugget of EMS organizational wisdom every day.#32 Don’t take yourself too seriously A few decades back, we rolled on a call that was horrendously humorous. Initial information was for humanitarian assistance. This usually meant a non-medical intervention. Put someone back into bed. Assist in shopping for food. Social contact. […]
#31 It’s not the uniform When I was a much younger medic, I was known on the streets as Captain Freedom – after the character portrayed by Dennis Dugan on the TV series ‘Hill Street Blues’. While I didn’t have the cape, I did have silver boots and and a […]
A nugget of EMS organizational wisdom every day.#30 Learn the art of the occasional yield I believe Mateo has learned the art of the occasional yield. Mateo is a big black dog. At his last weigh-in at the vet’s, he tipped the scales at 97 pounds and he’s likely over […]