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  THE CALL I WISH I HAD BACK

  10.30.09 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  Today I got a chance to read few blogs, which is something that I don’t often get to do.  I read this post by Roguemedic which was a reaction to this original post from a blog I had never seen before.  My heart truly goes out to this guy and the reason is that I [...]

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  COT-JOCKEY CONFIDENTIAL PART IV: THE ANALYSIS

  10.29.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Okay, so a few days have passed since I left my private ambulance job.  I have expressed my feelings about what happened.  I have probably displayed too many feelings and too much expression.  But now comes the part where I try to learn from this experience and try to pass on some wisdom.  This post will [...]

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  COT-JOCKEY CONFIDENTIAL PART THREE: FAIL HARDER

  10.26.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  So in the last two posts in this series you have learned how I started on the road to ruin.  Our last episode ended with me hanging by a thread, having started my own company while on my way out with another.  This was probably one of the most uncomfortable times in my entire professional [...]

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  COT-JOCKEY CONFIDENTIAL: PART DEUX

  10.25.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  So I have explained that private EMS can be done correctly.  Although from what I have heard from different parts of the country, it is not done right very often.  The story does not end there.  I have yet to drag my readers through an intricate web of ineptitude and shadiness.  And that has to [...]

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  COT-JOCKEY CONFIDENTIAL: PART ONE

  10.25.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  This will be the first in a multi-part series about private EMS.  Those of you who follow my Twitter feed will know that I have finally gotten a new job that will allow me to leave my horrid private ambulance job.  (Because I have found a new job, I have unprotected my Twitter account.  I [...]

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  GANG SIGNS

  10.23.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  The office was so dingy it would make the set of Barney Miller look warm and inviting.  Harsh fluorescent light slurred everything in the room together in a boring puddle.  I was waiting to see a police officer about a piece of equipment pertaining to a federal grant.  He couldn’t find the right form and [...]

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  HOW TO KILL SOMEONE PROPERLY

  10.12.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  In the spirit of Halloween, I will be posting a few ghoulish things on the blog over the next few weeks.  So why not talk about the best way to kill someone and have it be a good study on A&P and pharmacology to boot?
  I was reading this article about lethal injection and was reminded [...]

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  HEALTHCARE: IT IT A RIGHT? OR IS IT A PRIVILEGE?

  10.11.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  I just came across this video which boils down the healthcare debate rather well. No answers are provided mind you. But there is one conclusion at the end which sheds things in a different light. Here is the crux of it: Rights are protected by the government, and privileges are left up to the citizen [...]

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  INFECTION CONTROL IGNORANCE

  10.11.09 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  It seems that the only times that I get up a full head of steam to sit down and blog is only when I have become angry enough about something to the point of distraction.  So you, the reader, become my punching bag while I work out my mental frustrations.   The absence of a post [...]

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  FROZEN: DEATH, DECEPTION, AND TUNA CANS

  10.10.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Many years ago when I worked in Dallas, I had a mentor.  His name was Larry Johnson, and he was my Clinical Coordinator when I was getting into critical care.  I always admired this man who seemed to always have time to answer all my questions.  He is one of the reasons that I became [...]

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