July 2002
• Working Under the Wrong Assumption
IAt 0200 hrs, dispatch requests that Medic 99 "respond to an asthma attack." On arrival, the crew finds a 65-year-old female having difficulty breathing.

June 2002
• Crane Collapse
Adam Unit One responds to a crane collapse incident downtown. The crew arrives on scene to find a victim lying on the ground next to a partially collapsed construction crane.

May 2002
• If Patients Came with Instructions
It seems that nowadays everything comes with a safety warning or a disclaimer. We can understand why guns come equipped with trigger safeties.

April 2002
• Diagnostic Pearls
We are all products of our training. In many cases, if our instruction was weak, major holes in our knowledge base exist.

March 2002
• When Trauma Masks a Medical Emergency
What connotations does the word suspicious have? For most, the word carries a negative association. The media is full of suspicious types.

February 2002
• Distracted By The Facts
While driving home recently, I noticed the warning inscribed on my right-side rearview mirror. It warns, "Objects in mirror are closer than they appear."

January 2002
• More Than Meets the Eye
Even though it's been months since Halloween, a few days ago my kids decided to put on their costumes again. One was a cat, another a princess. The youngest dressed as some sort of monster.

December 2001
• Suspicion - An Important EMS Asset
What is the most dangerous place in the world? Is it an infectious disease storehouse or a commercial fishing boat off the coast of Alaska? I think it's under your kitchen sink.

October 2001
• Eternal EMS Vigilance
It's finally fall. Summer's heat and humidity have abated, and all seems well with the world-then dispatch interrupts your calm. "Unit 13, respond for an adult male, sick at Jay Gardens Psychiatric Hospital.

September 2001
• It Can Cure You-or Kill You
As you drive around your response area, dispatch breaks the silence: "Elderly male, weak and dizzy at Joseph Nursing Home, 129 Hicks Street, corner of Rubin Avenue. Time out is 1328."

August 2001
• Awkward Assessments
One summer evening you're working with your partner on an ALS ambulance. It's a nice night in the big city-low humidity and quiet enough to enjoy the sights and sounds.