A Tale of Three Paramedics
July 22, 2010 – 2:33 am | No Comment

by Sherry Jones Mayo, RN, EMTP, DAAETS
Author of Confessions of a Trauma Junkie: My Life as a Nurse Paramedic
Contributing writer to Public Safety Degrees

John recently turned 40 and has been working as a paramedic for …

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Helicopter vs. Cornfield
September 30, 2009 – 1:24 am | No Comment
Helicopter vs. Cornfield

I was working for a small town in West Central Indiana as an Emergency Medical Technician when I was dispatched to a rural area of the county for a helicopter crash. Although not technically a …

Where were you when it happened?
September 22, 2009 – 2:49 pm | No Comment

It is strange how we equate periods of time with such things as music or things that we were doing during that time. The most common analogy would be hearing a song of the radio …

Why we become EMTs and Paramedics
September 11, 2009 – 1:47 am | No Comment

I was not long into adulthood, and still really had no idea what type of career I would go into. Although college is affordable for almost anyone, with loans available and such, I never pursued …