Newman | Unrepentant believer in the impossible
Stanstead QC | Back when I was the newly-minted director of a small EMS service, my boss called me in for my six-month evaluation. He said, “I’ve got good news and bad news.” I told him to give me the...
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Playlist for The Big One | Matraca Berg – South of Heaven
This is a beautiful add to The Big Med Playlist for The Big One – South of Heaven by Matraca Berg. I don’t know whether or not it’s country or pop or folk. Who cares. This is a beautiful heartbreaking...
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Big Medicine welcomes occasional contributors with interesting perspectives
Big Med is always open to occasional contributors willing to share an interesting perspective on any topic as long as it somehow relates to emergency management. There’s no money to share however as...
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Playlist for The Big One | Trouble in the Wind – Rising
There’s something rambling, shabby and just a little bit dangerous in the musings of Carlsbad, California-based alt folkies Trouble in the Wind. Robby Gira plays acoustic guitar and provides the...
View ArticleSeeking sponsors for The Positive Paramedic Project
Seeking sponsors for The Positive Paramedic Project on Big Med. I’ve been writing a series of pieces designed to be conversation-starters with a nugget of EMS organizational wisdom every day. There are...
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Blair Schwartz | On listening to your grandmother
Blair Schwartz providing emergency med services for The Ride to Conquer Cancer in 2008 As a fairly new attending physician, I’ve taken to the habit of asking some of my more senior colleagues for...
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