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Ambulance Driver Files A Day in the Life | Kelly GraysonKilted to Kick CancerGuns and Gear ReviewsAboutEMS 2.0Blogroll O’ DoomOn George Floyd, Prone Restraint, and Positional AsphyxiaJune 2, 2021Leave a commentNew article up on Medscape:Etiam non silentium. Free to read, but you may have to create a Medscape account if you don’t already have one.Read More »Stress in EMSAugust 5, 2020Leave a commentEMS peeps, help a doctoral researcher with a study on stress levels in paramedics, now expanded to include COVID-19 related stress. Our profession lives and dies on research, folks. If we don’t participate in it, we can never take ownership of our profession. The Impact of COVID-19 on First Responders and FamilyRead More »Memorial DayMay 25, 2020Leave a comment Today is Memorial Day. Normally, most of us would have spent the weekend grilling burgers and visiting with relatives, or lounging on a beach somewhere, or watching a baseball game in an opulent stadium, overpriced beer and hot dog in hand, but the coronavirus pandemic probably threw a wrench into those plans. But lets not forget the meaning of ...Read More »EMT 360: The Importance of Context in EMS EducationMay 4, 2020Leave a commentFrom my EMS1 column: When you’re new and inexperienced, it’s difficult to separate good practices from bad, and you’re particularly susceptible to believing it when some lazy burnout proclaims, “There’s the way it’s done in class, kid, and there’s the way it’s done on the street.” As author Stewart Stafford puts it, “Separate text from context and all that remains ...Read More »That $%^&! Carole Baskin!April 29, 2020Leave a commentPlay Tiger King, the Home Game on EMS1.Read More »So, I Wrote A Thing…February 7, 2020Leave a comment… on Medical EDC for Shooting Illustrated.Read More »Girsan MC1911SC Ultimate 2000 Round Challenge: Almost Halfway ThereFebruary 7, 2020Leave a commentI took a break from submitting college homework, conference proposals and article submissions today for a little Me Time. Just a short session at the range, total of 120 rounds fired. I worked on half of each box of ammo was spent shooting weak hand-only.In other news, I need to practice more on WHO shooting. I sucked. First up was ...Read More »Girsan MC1911SC Ultimate 2000 Round Challenge: Chrono Day!February 3, 2020Leave a commentYesterday saw me doing accuracy and chrono work for the Girsan 1911SC. Protocol was to chrono 10 consecutive shots from three separate batches/brands of ammunition with different bullet weights. Each of those loads was then tested for accuracy for three consecutive 5-shot groups at 15 yards from a rest. For the test, I used Winchester White Box 124gr FMJ, PMC ...Read More »Girsan MC1911SC Ultimate 2000 Round Challenge: Now That’s More Like It!December 2, 2019Leave a commentGot busy with EMS conference season and the holidays, and haven’t been to the range since Blogorado. After speaking with Girsan and getting a new RDS and more magazines, I managed to sneak in a little range time here at Casa de Ambulance Driver. Temperature was a mild 57 degrees, 40% humidity, and sunny. I fired 50 rounds each of ...Read More »Girsan MC1911SC Ultimate 2000 Round Challenge: Day 3October 21, 2019Leave a commentDay 3 at Blogorado was a bust. The front sight blade fell off again, despite being affixed with Permatex liquid gasket. My theory was that a Superglue bond would be too brittle, and that liquid gasket, being a bit more flexible, would stand up to recoil better. No dice. After curing for a couple of hours (which may not have ...Read More »Girsan MC1911SC Ultimate 2000 Round Challenge: Day 2October 21, 2019Leave a commentDay 2 at Blogorado was gorgeous, with a temp of 65 degrees, 15% humidity, and an elevation of 4500 feet. I started with Magtech 124 grain FMJ, listed by manufacturer with a muzzle velocity of 1109 fps. There was a failure to fire on round #35 (#185 total) when the slide did not go fully back into battery. The failures ...Read More »Girsan MC1911SC Ultimate 2000 Round Challenge: Day 1October 21, 2019Leave a commentPhoto credit: Jennifer Hast The MC1911SC Ultimate is a compact, officer-length 1911 by Turkish manufacturer Girsan, imported by EAA. Built on a forged aluminum frame, it boasts a number of nice features, including contoured surfaces to eliminate snags, an extended beavertail, extended ambidextrous safety, conical barrel for more positive lockup, G10 grips with a capacity window cut in the side, ...Read More »Girsan MC1911SC Ultimate: 2000 Round ChallengeOctober 12, 2019Leave a commentOkay, Girsan, let’s do this. Today begins the 2000 round challenge of the Girsan MC1911SC Ultimate 9mm, imported by EAA. If you’re unfamiliar with the 2000 round challenge, ala Tamara Keel and Todd Louis Green, read about it here. We’ll clean and lube the pistol according to manufacturer’s specs, and then put 2000 rounds of different types of ammo through ...Read More »Announcing EMT 360!October 3, 2019Leave a comment“Tell me, and I’ll forget. Show me, and I’ll remember. Let me do, and I’ll understand.” That quote has been attributed to various famous figures and philosophers over the years, but it still holds true for most learning endeavors. That’s why five years ago, I “flipped” my EMS classroom to incorporate more practical application of material, and less of me ...Read More »Visiting GhostsJuly 27, 2019Leave a commentMade a pilgrimage of sorts today. Speaking at an EMS conference in Seminole, TX, I noticed that Hobbs, NM was just a short jaunt down the road. As a child, I heard many stories about Hobbs Army Airfield from my dad as a child. He had trained as a B17 crew member there in the early days of World War ...Read More »Page 1 of 16812345»102030...Last » SupportingLatest on ADFOn George Floyd, Prone Restraint, and Positional Asphyxia June 2, 2021Stress in EMS August 5, 2020Memorial Day May 25, 2020EMT 360: The Importance of Context in EMS Education May 4, 2020That $%^&! Carole Baskin! 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