We were responding to a reported gunshot wound to the head. Our dispatch told us that the patient was still breathing and that police was on scene. I tried to verify with dispatch that the scene was secure with no avail. The address turned out to be at the end of a long driveway … [Read more...]

A neighbor of mine is the subject of this link below about a firefighter that has a heart attack behind the wheel of his ambulance, transporting another heart attack victim to the ER. I visited with him yesterday and he is waiting for his heart doctor to release him so he can get … [Read more...]

Dispatch was for a Medical. a fall with an unconscious at 0430 hrs. Fire and EMS arrived nearly simultaneously to find the wife laying on the bathroom floor and the husband explaining that she was acting strange and then collapsed. She regained consciousness, but remained on the … [Read more...]

I am a dual role Eng./Paramedic for an organization with urban/suburban and rural responses. We do provide ambulance transport. Recently we were dispatched to a mobile home park for a confused elderly patient (this park was in one of the safer parts of our district). We arrived … [Read more...]

I am a full time firefighter/EMT for a moderately sized city (~125k population). At about 2am, I responded along with my partner on an ALS medic unit to a possible stabbing. We were advised upon dispatch that the patient had been stabbed in the abdomen. PD was already en route … [Read more...]

I am a full time firefighter/EMT for a moderately sized city (~125k population). At about 2am, I responded along with my partner on an ALS medic unit to a possible stabbing. We were advised upon dispatch that the patient had been stabbed in the abdomen. PD was already en route … [Read more...]