Been way busy lately. EMS has been kickin my butt: Lots of calls and lots of late calls = sleep deprivation for this EMT. I'm getting recharged though, so I hope to be back to some more regular blogging soon.
Just an observation. In the past 10 days or so I have run probably 25 "E" calls. Of those 25 I would guess that we had PD (police) on scene for 15 of them. Is it the moon or something in the water? Who knows? One call had 3 County Sheriffs, 4 State Troopers, 2 Border Patrol Officers, and a couple of police dogs tossed in for good measure. You know what a scene looks like with 10 vehicles running their lights?
Stay safe, I'll be back soon, barring any crazy unforeseens!!
One northern Vermont Emergency Medical Technician's journey through a career in Emergency Medical Services.
Why do I write this stuff?? To chase out of my brain the daily craziness of being an EMT in a rural area, despite the great people I get to work with.
Blogged
Websites of Interest
- My Facebook Page
- Enosburgh Ambulance Flying Club blog
- MedicCast - Podcasts and EMS info
- Council for the Advancement of Pre-hospital Medicine
- EMTLife.com - Great Forums for EMS providers
- Rural EMS Resources
- EMS House - Good Stuff!
- 1st Responder News
- Journal of Emergency Medical Services
- AmCare Ambulance Service's website
- EMT City - Online Forums and Discussions on EMS
- State of VT Office of EMS
- You Tube!
Disclaimer!
The views expressed in this blog are those of the author only. I write what I believe, through my experience and knowledge, to be the truth. These entries do not reflect the views, opinions, policies, or philosophies of AmCare Ambulance Service, Enosburgh Ambulance Service, or anyone related to them other than myself.
Blog Archive
Enosburgh Ambulance's New Truck
DanVTEMT with our new Demers' Millenium ambulance
About Me
The "A - Team"
Alex and I at the Maple Festival, St. Albans, VT, April 2006
Heroes
- Robert Kennedy - A great man and visionary of his time, cut down just when this counrty really needed his leadership.
- WWII Vets - We are losing these heroes all too quickly, but they are still everywhere in our society: Tell one of them "Thank-You", you owe it to them.
- Service Men & Women overseas. Regardless of how you may feel about the war, these men and women are putting it on the line everyday.
- Neil Young - A terrific outlook on life; with a career spanning over 4 decades, his music still gives me chills. And boy can he rock on his "old black" Gibson Les Paul!
My Favorite Quotes
"Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation."
-Robert Kennedy
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
-Theodore Roosevelt
"Citizenship in a Republic,
"Speech at the Sorbonne,
Paris, April 23, 1910
-Robert Kennedy
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
-Theodore Roosevelt
"Citizenship in a Republic,
"Speech at the Sorbonne,
Paris, April 23, 1910
5 comments:
Keep up the good work, your blog lets me know that once i finish school what the real world looks like behind a EMT's eyes
Glad to hear that someone out there is following along. I'll try to keep up with the posts a bit more regularly.
As far as the "real" world goes. Sometimes I wish the sh&t that's out there wasn't real. :)
Thanks Woody!
Yeah I check it everyday.. you really give me a lot of inspiration. Thank you soo much!
Way to go Dan!
We are enjoyig reading your blog every week or so and are impressed with the informaton and service you are presenting to your fellow emts and everyone who is fortunate enough to see the blog. thank you
Jean & Tom
Keep up the blog! Very interesting!
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