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A nugget of EMS organizational wisdom every day. #5 Break bread [or make chili] with your medics If The EMS House had a soul, it was in the kitchen and the sprawling training/class room on the same floor. Many a difficult conversation started and ended at one of the tables […]
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A nugget of EMS organizational wisdom every day. #4 We all started out as FNGs FNG Aahhh, the Rookie. FNG. JAFO. Cherry. New Guy. Newbie. Steve Merling heard them all. He was also one of the youngest members of CSL EMS. His transition from Apprentice to Medic was, in a […]
A nugget of EMS organizational wisdom every day. #3 Celebrate Coaches Has it really been more than a decade since the late great Barry Tottle died? He was one of the all-time EMS Coaches and his far-too-early departure serves as a reminder to Celebrate our Coaches while they can still […]
A nugget of EMS organizational wisdom every day.#2 Become part of your neighbourhood A giftwrapped box of chocolates held with an unsteady outstretched arm by the diminuitive seventy-something year-old woman who came by The EMS House to say, “Thank you for the wonderful care” she received from our providers. She […]
A nugget of EMS organizational wisdom every day. # 1 Gardening is believing Sew with good will, maintain strong faith in the possibilities, provide loads of support, harvest frequently and always allow the sun to shine on the those who deserve the credit. Gardening is believing in the combination of […]
Norm Rooker’s piece on Ghosts got me thinking about the two EMS ghosts I’ve been carrying with me for a long while and whether or not it might be time to share their stories. They are both old ghosts of young men who died many years ago long before their […]
Stanstead QC | 11 Feb 2012 Chickens are interesting little creatures. Who’d have thunk it? If you live long enough in the city with no exposure to farm life, you can be forgiven if you begin believing that chickens are egg-laying automatons. And then one day you find yourself walking […]
I won’t miss 2011. It was a rugged year and I don’t mind saying that I’d have kicked it into a pig-manure-slurry-filled ditch if the option had presented itself. Hell, I’d have put the year to bed in late November because right after that is when I became aware of […]
Stanstead QC | December 13- Big Update to Announce: The quest to build The Playlist for The Big One now includes an opportunity for artists to submit their tunes to Big Med on Sonicbids. http://www.sonicbids.com/BigMedicine2 For those of you who don’t know, Sonicbids helps bands get gigs and promoters book […]
You can hear it in their voices. They are the first of the first responders to reach the scene. You can hear something in the tone of the first few seconds of their first update transmitted from the scene. No matter how polished and professional they may be just a […]