First let me say right up front, my usual mode of dress as the Southern Job is blue medic pants, a t-shirt, and either a polar fleece vest or a light jacket. This is our uniform and it is how the community is used to seeing us, should we change uniforms then I will adjust Read More…
Author: Chris
oops
So I have been waiting to turn in my notice from my current job, mostly because there is a good possibility they will tell me I no longer need to come in afterward, and we need as much money coming in as we can up until I go to the ambulance. Today i was looking Read More…
24 days
Had a thought this morning that since I am blogging about a lot of EMS related things here in the twin cities area, it’s probably a bad idea to name the services I work for, so for now until whenever it’s safe I will refer to my full time agency only by the full time Read More…
Uniforms
Today my day opened up by a fare margin, so I was able to make the trek up to Aspen Mills for uniforms went in, The new service pays for everything, I got new boots (always nice to have extra boots) belts, and a whole bunch of other things that I will get in a few Read More…
30 days more or less
30 ish days My last day at my current job will be May 15th, the irony of the fact I am writing this on my work computer does not escape me. To say I am excited would be applicable, so would scared shitless. I have spoken to several people who work for the Read More…
So why the change back?
This is by far the most common question I get asked regarding why am I leaving my nice cushy office job and going back to crappy hours, job stress, and low pay. The answer is a complicated one, the biggest reason I am doing this is that I have gone off plan. I love front Read More…
The Road Home Part Deux
So I launched my blog yesterday, well really relaunched it, I used to run a blog called the Zombie medic, but forgot to renew the domain name and it was gobbled up by another company and they are parking on it, those bastards. Anyhow, I will start off by saying getting to this point has Read More…
The Road Home
Well here we are, So lets start with the who, what, when, and why. I entered EMS in 1995, I am the son of a Fireman and civil engineer, my Uncle worked as a paramedic here in the Twin Cities for years and help to start a helicopter based ambulance service locally – they wouldn’t Read More…
6 months, the journey, and so forth
in the 1970’s franklin bass version of the hobbit there is a song entitled the “greatest Adventure” I have it in several versions on my iPod and it is one of the songs I like too listen to when I get my rope all tied up in knots. the line that the greatest adventure is Read More…
Chris is rambling – not the original title
So I am officially 5 weeks post surgery, or close enough. I am doing pretty good, scar will be EPIC! the sutures have been coming up periodically, which is kinda cool. alot of random stuff I am off the crutches, and walking slowly and carefully. I am reminded frequently that I recently had a massive Read More…