Growing up, the first person that I can remember idolizing as a hero was a British RAF pilot. His name was Douglas Bader. Bader was an athletic, slightly rebellious man who lost both of his legs in the crash of his airplane in 1931. He was discharged from the RAF, but rejoined in 1939 and …
This is London calling …
Oklahoma City. New York. The Pentagon. Bali. Madrid. London. Sandy Springs. Atlanta. Etobicoke. Etobicoke?Most of the place names listed above conjure up graphic images. Maybe some are not familiar to you. But they all draw attention to events that we should be familiar with, at least at a rudimentary level. They are all sites of …
Online Medical Control and Other EMS Anachronisms
Okay, I admit it. I grew up watching Johnny Gage (Randolph Mantooth) and Roy DeSoto (Kevin Tighe) on the television series “Emergency!” I loved that show! I spent my formative early teenage years plopped down in front of the tube, as Johnny and Roy responded to yet another rollover on Canyon Road, or a “man …
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EMS Research: Charting a course for our future
Like the crew of a hulking ship at sea crashing through the waves, paramedics toil daily in the communities in which we work. We provide assistance to the people we serve in an effort to keep the whole proverbial ship from sinking. We do one job, one call at a time, while the unseen and …
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Paramedicine: Profession or Piece Work?
Attend any EMS conference or gathering around the nation or across the border and you will no doubt hear a discussion about the nature of the paramedic profession. Paramedicine, as an industry and a profession, has come a long way since Johnny and Roy fixed the paradigm in the 70s. Or, has it?Many of the …
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