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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“Pearls of Wisdom” from an Emergency Worker
March 11, 2010 – 7:22 pm | No Comment

The longer we work in EMS or fire suppression there are pearls of wisdom acquired along the way. These pearls can not be found in any textbooks. These Pearls come from a reader and …

Not The Average Hospital Transport
November 13, 2009 – 6:24 pm | No Comment
Not The Average Hospital Transport

In 1999 I was in the midst of transporting a cardiac patient from a small rural hospital to a larger hospital that was more capable of taking care of their particular cardiac problem.  The patient …

Alligators in Indiana
October 23, 2009 – 6:06 pm | No Comment
Alligators in Indiana

It was a dark and stormy night. Ok, it was dark and raining lightly. My partner and I, working for a county ambulance service, were sent approximately 20 miles to a home very much in …