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Kids are why I’m no longer an Emergency Medical Technician

Oct 17, 2009 in Service by Tom

This is a short story of why I gave up being an Emergency Medical Technician in the early 1990s. The reason? Kids. More exactly: injured children. After five years of serving as a volunteer EMT, I quit.
I served on a local ambulance service in an isolated rural community. It was a wonderful way to help [...]

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Simulated emergency drill: very educational

Oct 12, 2009 in HAM, Service by Tom

Scenario: A major earthquake has hit the San Juan Islands, resulting in a tsunami that pounded shorelines in the Puget Sound region. Power is out throughout much of the region, and radio and cell towers have toppled over. Many roads are impassable, and only military vehicles and helicopters have access to some areas. The Olympic [...]

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