Firefighting is a dirty job. Ensure the best chance for your patients by keeping your vital EMS tools in a separate, dedicated compartment, writes Michael Morse.
If your department doesn’t have a standard operating procedure for an active shooter/mass-casualty incident (MCI) that includes joint training with law enforcement, it’s time to push for one, says Mike Morse.
What can I say? I was born a Ding. Then I became a firefighter. But once the boots came off, and the turnout gear was displayed in the garage, back to my roots I went.
One girl stood out among the rest; her eyes met mine, pleading, I think, for me to remove her from the madness that surrounded her. Things were reasonably under control.