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Welcome to Volume 2, Number 1 of the Handover, a blog carnival by and for EMS. I'm very proud to be hosting it here at Notes from Mosquito Hill this month. I've been participating since Kal hosted the carnival last July, and I count myself lucky to be among such exalted company. Prehospital medicine is… Continue reading The Handover – Passion edition
Notes from Mosquito Hill is proud to host this month's edition of the Handover EMS Blog Carnival, but I need submisisons! The deadline is Monday, February 22 at midnight. I currently have two submissions and one "Eep, I forgot!" One of the two submissions is from a new blog, so there's definitely something to anticipate!… Continue reading Call for submissions
To continue another meme from a few other bloggers I read: I'm not overweight, I'm overequipped. Behold, the contents of Mack505's pockets. Right front pocket – headphones, business card holder Left front pocket – nail clipper, Chapstick, USB thumb drive, Albuterol inhaler, hand sanitizer, pocket knife (currently Schrade X-Timer, sometimes a Kershaw) Left hip pocket… Continue reading I’m not overweight, I’m overequipped (Project 365 – February 12)
The 1st Anniversary Edition of The Handover is up over at Gomerville. Buck has some great stuff this month. Go check it out! And then come back here, because I'm hosting it next month.
Gravel sprayed behind us in a 'Dukes of Hazzard' cliché as we tore away from our post. “Medic 9, we have it.” A reported neo-nate with difficulty breathing. We had been enjoying the warm summer night at the city line. If I had to be out of my bunk, this particular post wasn't a bad… Continue reading Now I’m awake. . .
In this life, humor is where you find it. When you spend enough time working closely with the same person, it can come at the strangest moments. Long Lost Sister and I respond to the nondescript industrial building. A Basic Life Support ambulance has responded ahead of us for the worker fallen down a full… Continue reading Sausages & Beer
This month's edition of the Handover EMS Blog Carnival is up at over at Medic999.This month's topic is 'Your First Emergency.' Thanks to a guest post, we here at NfMH have two posts included! (Thanks, Mark.)Why not pop over to Medic999 and see what everyone else wrote about?If you enjoy what you see here or… Continue reading The Handover
“We've got a fire on the stage!” I tore from the back of the Performing Arts office, sprinting for the Stage Right doors. I grew up in a firehouse. I always knew someday I'd be not only a firefighter, but that special breed above all else, a ROWLEY firefighter. Episodes of 'Emergency!' piqued my interest… Continue reading The Show Must Go On
It's been a weekend of firsts here at Notes from Mosquito Hill. My first submission to The Handover was published, and I've started to see my first readers and comments from outside my own personal circle. Today brings my first guest post. I'd like you all to welcome my sister, Rescu82, to the Blogosphere. She… Continue reading Impressions
The Martin boys were home from college, enjoying a night out on the town. Some time around midnight, the twin brothers decided they were too drunk to drive home. They did the right thing, like their parents taught them, and called their friend and neighbor 'Joe' for a ride. Unfortunately, Joe was also too drunk… Continue reading Sunrise and CISD
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