by dtbAdmin | Feb 11, 2013 | Blog, Medical/EMS
EMS expert and author Dianna Benson blogs today writing a first person account of caring for a gunshot wound victim. I love how she’s written this post with such detailed information that portrays the medical info so accurately. EMS 4. Gun Shot Wound. 123 Main Street,...
by dtbAdmin | Oct 3, 2012 | Blog, Medical/EMS, Uncategorized
Author questions are some of my most favorite posts to do. How do you really write an accurate medical scene? Which injuries are plausible and which are not? Amy is visiting and Dianna Benson (EMS expert) and myself (ER nurse extraordinaire) are going to tackle her...
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...
