The Beginning

Why start another EMS blog?
A question I've been asking myself for the past few months while I read through other EMS bloggers' histories.  There's enough reading and podcasts out there to keep me busy for years, but it's the record - two years, three years worth of someone's life in EMS - daily musings both dark and light from all over this planet.  I enjoy their lives.  I actually feel like I know some of them pretty well, and I thought my stories might be worth sharing.

You see I live a different life than most.  I have a day job.  I make maps.  I'm working on my graduate degree online in pursuit of being better at my job.

But then there's this EMS thing.  EMS is my passion and addiction.  I work for a park in western North America and get paid (sometimes - more on that later) to go out and drive the ambulance or attend patients when we get a call.  I also just started as a volunteer for the local fire department/EMS.  'Cause I obviously have way too much time on my hands!

I suppose this blog is more for me than for you, gentle reader, who stumble upon it.  I need a place for this part of my life and I created one corner of the web for it.  It's for the EMS in me - my calls, mistakes, and my journey from First Responder to EMT-B to ???

The other aspects of my life might creep in from time to time, you will just have to forgive that as reality.  I like to brew cider and beer.  I like to travel (EMS World Expo in 6 weeks woot!)  I hike. I sketch. I read. I write.  I love my family and where we live.  I enjoy helping people.

Interested?

I'm going to plop my bedroll down and stay a while.  Hope you enjoy the ride.