THE BACK OF THE MEDIC

C-Spine Humor

29 May 2007

Something that most people outside of EMS aren’t normally aware of is that each EMS agency purchases spine boards, and usually marks their agency on it. Not that they ever get it back (Some do – Raley Field got theirs back one time in the last 8 years). We even had one from the Los [...]

Jonny’s First Birthday Cake!

29 May 2007

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Jonny’s first birthday was on Tuesday. Due to work schedules, we finally held Jonny’s “party” tonight. Well, sort of. It was just David, Candace, Mike, Karen (Mike’s GF), Diana, Colin (Diana’s BF), myself, and of course, the birthday boy himself! A “micro” party, of sorts. I gave him his birthday present from me earlier, a [...]

Memorial Day Tomorrow

27 May 2007

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Tomorrow is Memorial Day. Each year, I reflect on those who served and died in order to keep us safe. They sacrificed their lives so that mine and everyone else’s lives can go on. There seems to be confusion among some people (particularly those in their 20′s and younger) regarding Memorial Day. This is a [...]

Bike To Work Day

17 May 2007

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Today is National Bike To Work Day. I stopped driving my car to light rail, and now bike at least a few miles each morning and evening. I am working up to biking directly to light rail, or maybe taking the bus to the American River bike trail and riding that in to work each [...]

Thar Be Whales In West Sacramento!

16 May 2007

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Anyone remember Humphrey, the humpback whale? In 1985 (and 1988), he made it up the Sacramento river to Rio Vista (a little north of there, actually) in his wanderings. Well, it seems a few more humpback whales have been wandering from the ocean, made it into San Francisco Bay, and into the Sacramento river! A [...]