Uncategorized - Confessions of a Prom Queen Paramedic

Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down

One thing that can always be counted on in EMS…you never know what your shift will hold for you. I could usually

As I have said before…be careful what I wish for! I wanted my first gunshot wound…Check. I got my first cardiac arrest

I was starting to really get a routine down. My shift was a 12-hour, weekend-night rotation. I was generally home by 0500

I know that it sounds terrible to someone that is not in EMS, Fire or Police, but I wanted a trauma! It’s

After seven months of Monday-Friday, 8-5 classroom work, and many clinical rotations at the hospital…it was time for our student ride time

Have you ever had the feeling that everything is going a little too smoothly? I was loving my ride-along time. I was

I knew that I didn’t want to be a dispatcher for the rest of my working days, and I was very certain

Ok, so my three months spent in the EMT class was not nearly as traumatic (no pun intended) as I had anticipated.

I knew that being a 911 Dispatcher would come with it’s unique set of challenges, but come on…this was small-town America. What