Paramedic Stories Based on True Events

NOT FOR UNDERAGE READERS! WARNING: sarcasm, graphic medical details, adult language (also known as profanity, cussing, bad/foul/dirty words, swearing, obscenities, four-letter words, cursing and colorful language, which may include: st, dn, f**k, and others. If you don’t like using, reading, otherwise dealing with these words, don’t bother...

Paramedicine isn’t a job...

It’s a lifestlye filled with hours of boredom punctuated by moments of terror and glimpses of perfection.

Have you ever wondered what paramedics experience? Dealing with ‘the job’ takes over a third of a medic’s life and more. Working twenty-four hour shifts is the industry standard, which makes sleep deprivation also a...

A BAD CHOICE...
Sometimes that’s the difference between living and dying. Going left or going right.

Most days for most people are normal. You drive to work at 8 am. You go to lunch. You drink your chocolate milk. And you sleep in your bed at night.

Except for paramedics, days are anything but normal. We’re on shift before 8am. We rarely get lunch....

System Failure is a paramedic short story based on true events. It is intense, suspenseful, and written in first person. It is the fourth short story in my paramedic short story series. Be sure to read my first three: Downgrade, Dog Days of Dying, and A Bad Choice.

These are the memoirs of my career told in short story form.

Paramedics suffer...