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Newman | The Positive Paramedic Project #76 Boy racer
Photo courtesy of Michel A. Di Iorio A nugget of Big Medicine every day. #76 Boy racer Sometimes it’s the emergency flashers that brings them close like moths crowding a bright porch light on a warm...
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Newman | The Positive Paramedic Project #77 Jesus of Montreal
Choir at the Stanstead Centenary United Church. Photograph courtesy of Dianne Brunelle. A nugget of Big Medicine every day. #77 Jesus of Montreal It should not have come as any surprise to me when,...
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Newman | The Positive Paramedic Project #78 Mother moose
A younger Sophie tries on a moose antler. Lac St Jean QC A nugget of Big Medicine every day. #78 Mother moose The hunting trips were a family tradition. Kim and his kin would head up country to shoot...
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Newman | The Positive Paramedic Project #79 Ciao Bella
A nugget of Big Medicine every day.#79 Ciao Bella We were dispatched to a road traffic crash for a pedestrian down. On the way to the call the radio crackled with an update – the victim was a...
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Newman | The Positive Paramedic Project #80 Breaking bad news
Sunset at Phil’s – Ketchikan, Alaska A nugget of Big Medicine every day. #80 Breaking bad news It’s an odd talent. I’m really quite good at breaking bad news. When I went through medic school there...
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Newman | The Positive Paramedic Project #81 Intersections
A nugget of Big Medicine every day. #81 Intersections I miss the intersections. On the job, when we arrived at an intersection there were mere seconds to survey the situation and decide whether or not...
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Newman | The Positive Paramedic Project #82 Advice for the ages
A nugget of Big Medicine every day. #82 Advice for the ages Early in my career as a paramedic, I was lucky enough to work with the late great Gil H. – one of the last of the previous generation of...
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Newman | The Positive Paramedic Project #83 Good Sam
Baltimore County Fire Academy A nugget of Big Medicine every day. #83 Good Sam When I was younger I used to love roadtripping and mixtapes. A number of years ago – back when car stereos still featured...
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Newman | The Positive Paramedic Project #84 Professional indifference
A nugget of Big Medicine every day. #84 Professional indifference Last week, a good friend of ours – we’ll call her Sally – was enjoying ice cream with her daughter and a friend. Suddenly and somehow,...
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Newman | The Positive Paramedic Project #85 Shoes
A nugget of Big Medicine every day. #85 Shoes Like the detritus left by high tide after an intense storm, there are usually clues left at the scene of a particularly brutal interface between victim...
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Newman | The Positive Paramedic Project #86 First person – Bike crash
A nugget of Big Medicine every day. #86 First person – Bike crash Writing in response to #84 Professional Indifference, my sister Susan said, “When I had that bike accident a couple of years ago,...
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Newman | The Positive Paramedic Project #87 C’est tiguidou
Christian Meloche, paramedic, 1956-2012 A nugget of Big Medicine every day. #87 C’est tiguidou As a semi-pro breaker of bad news I should have seen the signs. Ambulance Mike calling relatively early on...
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Newman | The Positive Paramedic Project #88 The union we deserve
Circa 1980 Montreal Paramedics Save Lives protest march through downtown streets A nugget of Big Medicine for your consideration. #88 The union we deserve I’m not a union guy but I once started a...
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Newman | The Positive Paramedic Project #89 Tzedakah
Christmakah being celebrated at our old home in Pointe Claire A nugget of Big Medicine for your consideration. #89 Tzedakah I wrote this piece a number of Christmakahs ago. I thought about it yesterday...
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Newman | The Positive Paramedic Project #90 The bet
A nugget of Big Medicine for your consideration. #90 The bet Michael Smith still owes me a case of beer. The beer is the debt on a bet made between paramedics rolling the ju-jube dice and hoping for...
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Newman | The Positive Paramedic Project #91 Christmas Jew
A nugget of Big Medicine for your consideration. #91 Christmas Jew Long before the Brunelle Family introduced me to the joys of celebrating Christmas in the company of family at the foot of a...
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Rooker | The Positive Paramedic Project #92 Just what do you say?
The remains of the Our Lady of the Sierras Convent. Photo by Norm Rooker. A nugget of Big Medicine for your consideration from Norm Rooker. #92 Just what do you say? Vicki, my bride of 29 years and...
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D Newman | The Positive Paramedic Project #93 To be a first responder
A nugget of Big Medicine for your consideration from the late David AH Newman. #93 To be a first responder My late father, David AH Newman, originally wrote this piece for Big Med in 2007. It is an...
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Newman | The Positive Paramedic Project #94 The three paragraph rule
A nugget of Big Medicine for your consideration. #94 The Three Paragraph Rule Of all the diagnostic techniques I learned during my life on the streets, none has served me better than the Three...
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If your organization is looking for an inspiring workshop, The Positive Paramedic Project is accepting bookings for 2013. The Positive Paramedic Project involves sharing stories about life, death...
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