A grounded blog about emergency room work, fire truck calls, teamwork, difficult moments, and the human side of showing up.
“Code green to 18” - a common announcement over the intercom during a night shift in the emergency department. What is a “code green”? A “code green” means...
Fire academy was, for me, an experience I will never forget. Not only did I learn a lot about fire fighting, I learned a lot about myself.
Winter of 2005 and I’m staying in the dorms at the fire academy. After finishing volunteer academy I decided it was time to pursue firefighting as a career...
It was early evening on a warm summer's day. It had been a slow day (don't say the “s" word around a paramedic or you are likely to get hit with something....