July 2002
• Fashion Statement
Dear Sirenhead: I was in line at a supermarket recently and spotted a Steve Berry cartoon plastered across the back of a guy's shirt.

June 2002
• Ask Sirenhead
Dear Sirenhead: My partner just received three days off without pay for backing into a concrete light stand in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant.

May 2002
• Working with Slime
Dear Sirenhead: I'm 22 years old and have been an EMT for six years. I've never had a problem working with any of my partners.

April 2002
• Break Down the ED Nurse Force Field
Dear Sirenhead: An emergency department (ED) nurse at one of our primary receiving hospitals continually talks down to my partner and me.

March 2002
• Pluggin' Away At IV Deficiencies
Dear Sirenhead: I've been working with the same partner for the past five years. He was an EMT until early February when he passed his paramedic exam and was assigned back to me.

February 2002
• Portable Problems
Dear Sirenhead: Our director recently banned us from carrying personal cell phones and pagers while at work. He says it's a distraction to have cell phones ringing.

January 2002
• Road Trip Observations
Dear Sirenhead: I don't think you went far enough in your response to Matt S. in "Ribbing Over Cribbing" (August 2001). His partner was 5' 8" tall and weighed 250 lbs.

December 2001
• Media Mistake
Dear Sirenhead: You may find this strange, but soon after the collapse of the World Trade Center, a group of EMTs and medics were at my house watching the events as they occurred, and one EMT said, "I wonder if Sirenhead is OK."

October 2001
• Punishment with a Point
Dear Sirenhead: I recently screwed up an assessment and learned a few lessons as a result. The experience changed me both personally and professionally, so I wanted to share it.

September 2001
• Fill the Cracks in Your Educational Foundation
Dear Sirenhead: I'm a fire department paramedic employed by a large Midwest city. During the past three years, I've worked with paramedics hired by this city whose skills, mental competency and all-around ability to do the job are terrible.

August 2001
• Ribbing Over Cribbing
Dear Sirenhead: I work with a partner who's anti-rescue. I've taken rescue courses outside my department, but he hasn't. His attitude is that he hired on the job to take care of patients-not rescue them.