I've long thought that Bob Seger's Turn The Page could easily be about EMS.  I'd like to use it for our annual company video sometime.  It describes the life of a rock singer, and I think there are some great parallels between how he describes his day and how we think about ours.  The song has a wickedly good sax solo & Segers tired, worn-out voice to add ambience.

The other day I was chatting with my trainee, and she mentioned that her boyfriend plays in a rock band.  He had just called her and told her that he didn't get up until 2 that afternoon, because he had been playing music for most of the night.  That started a discussion about the similarities between Rock Stars & Paramedics.

Heroic Teen Saves Drowning Friend

A 17-year-old is a hero Monday night after rescuing his friend from dangerous waters.

JT Hart, 17, was swimming with his friend, 17-year-old Ronnie White, in the Cumberland River when his friend under.

Tom Reynolds has had a slow month, and was moaning blogging about it.  From his post:  Watch the ambulance crew after a 'decent job', they'll be standing outside the ambulance bay at the hospital chatting to their colleagues. They'll be animated, they'll be interested in their job but most of all they will have a sense of satisfaction of a job well done.

He had just moved to town.  He was facing a serious medical crisis and his mind was elsewhere as he cruised through the stop sign & t-boned a car in the intersection.   After the fire department, police & paramedics showed up, he told them he hurt all over, and he was strapped to a board, loaded into the ambulance next to the other driver, & taken the few blocks to the hospital.