It’s 5:30 am in a small city in northwest Indiana. Jerry, a veteran paramedic of 13 years, and his partner Karen are getting ready to leave the ambulance station for a run that will take …

In 1989, my neighbor invited my wife and I over for dinner. It was that evening that I learned he was an EMT, and I was fascinated by what he told me about his job. …

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 …

I had been a paramedic for about 4 years, and had thought I had seen almost every type of illness or injury I could see. Veteran medics all over are laughing at that statement, but …

After being a medic for 16 years, I was struggling to figure out a way of continuing a career in medicine. The long nights and stress that comes with the job was taking a severe …

During a rather lengthy stretch of time on the ambulance, my partner and I got a little competitive. I had one of those during a three day shift. My partner, an EMS Manager, was telling …