by dtbAdmin | Jul 20, 2012 | Blog, Medical/EMS
If you want your character to struggle with a disease starting in childhood and worsening in adulthood, scoliosis may be the right one to choose to create long-term drama and conflict. At age nine my daughter was diagnosed with scoliosis with a twenty degree double...
by dtbAdmin | Jun 27, 2012 | Blog, Medical/EMS
Charise’s question is very pertinent particularly with so many wildfires burning in my home state of Colorado right now. How does EMS handle it all? Charise asks: I’ve got a forest fire happening and a news photographer out trying to get the best shots. She’s walking...
by dtbAdmin | Apr 27, 2012 | Blog, Medical/EMS
If you ever write a scuba diver character, a deep sea diver, a search/rescue/recovery diver, a Navy submariner, etc., you’ll need to understand Decompression Illness (DCI), a serious illness caused by trapped nitrogen. There are two mechanisms of DCI: ...
by dtbAdmin | Mar 12, 2012 | Blog, Medical/EMS
When I hear a reader say: “That’s not realistic; all of that couldn’t happen to one character.” I think, “That reader has skirted through life with little trial.”Spring 2009, a cop barreled into our car, injuring my oldest daughter, my son and myself. My husband and...
by dtbAdmin | Nov 21, 2011 | Blog, Medical/EMS
EMS 4 diabetic emergency at 123 Fox Street, at 123 Fox Street on TACH Channel 12 I stuff the rest of my sandwich into my mouth and gulp down some water as I rush out of the fast food joint to hop into my ambulance. As my partner signals RESCOM (dispatch) we’re en...
