Went through the old Blog Roll today, and deleted over 200 defunct blogs. Most are not blogging any more, a few I keep up with in meatspace or on social media.More than a few are dead, and for some of them… I just can’t. Deleting their link would be saying goodbye, and I’m not ready to do that. In the ...
Read More »Postcard Stories
The challenge: Write a story of 50 words based on a picture. It’s harder than you think. He didn’t ask for cartilaginous ass plates, but God made him a warrior. When a tunnel rat twerks an enemy to death with those plates, he tells himself he did it to protect the other wombats in his unit and soldiers on. He’s ...
Read More »Protected: Call of the Rougarou
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Read More »Kindred: A Teaser
*taps microphone*Is this thing on?For you blog readers, the origin story of SumDood is now a novel!Introducing, “Kindred: Book 1 of the SumDood Chronicles.”Should be available on Kindle within the next couple of days, and in paperback and hardcover by January 1, 2023. Until then, here’s a teaser!********** I suppose if I am to tell you my tale, first you ...
Read More »On George Floyd, Prone Restraint, and Positional Asphyxia
New article up on Medscape:Etiam non silentium. Free to read, but you may have to create a Medscape account if you don’t already have one.
Read More »Stress in EMS
EMS peeps, help a doctoral researcher with a study on stress levels in paramedics, now expanded to include COVID-19 related stress. Our profession lives and dies on research, folks. If we don’t participate in it, we can never take ownership of our profession. The Impact of COVID-19 on First Responders and Family
Read More »Memorial Day
Today is Memorial Day. Normally, most of us would have spent the weekend grilling burgers and visiting with relatives, or lounging on a beach somewhere, or watching a baseball game in an opulent stadium, overpriced beer and hot dog in hand, but the coronavirus pandemic probably threw a wrench into those plans. But lets not forget the meaning of ...
Read More »EMT 360: The Importance of Context in EMS Education
From my EMS1 column: When you’re new and inexperienced, it’s difficult to separate good practices from bad, and you’re particularly susceptible to believing it when some lazy burnout proclaims, “There’s the way it’s done in class, kid, and there’s the way it’s done on the street.” As author Stewart Stafford puts it, “Separate text from context and all that remains ...
Read More »That $%^&! Carole Baskin!
Play Tiger King, the Home Game on EMS1.
Read More »So, I Wrote A Thing…
… on Medical EDC for Shooting Illustrated.
Read More »Girsan MC1911SC Ultimate 2000 Round Challenge: Almost Halfway There
I took a break from submitting college homework, conference proposals and article submissions today for a little Me Time. Just a short session at the range, total of 120 rounds fired. I worked on half of each box of ammo was spent shooting weak hand-only.In other news, I need to practice more on WHO shooting. I sucked. First up was ...
Read More »Girsan MC1911SC Ultimate 2000 Round Challenge: Chrono Day!
Yesterday saw me doing accuracy and chrono work for the Girsan 1911SC. Protocol was to chrono 10 consecutive shots from three separate batches/brands of ammunition with different bullet weights. Each of those loads was then tested for accuracy for three consecutive 5-shot groups at 15 yards from a rest. For the test, I used Winchester White Box 124gr FMJ, PMC ...
Read More »Girsan MC1911SC Ultimate 2000 Round Challenge: Now That’s More Like It!
Got busy with EMS conference season and the holidays, and haven’t been to the range since Blogorado. After speaking with Girsan and getting a new RDS and more magazines, I managed to sneak in a little range time here at Casa de Ambulance Driver. Temperature was a mild 57 degrees, 40% humidity, and sunny. I fired 50 rounds each of ...
Read More »Girsan MC1911SC Ultimate 2000 Round Challenge: Day 3
Day 3 at Blogorado was a bust. The front sight blade fell off again, despite being affixed with Permatex liquid gasket. My theory was that a Superglue bond would be too brittle, and that liquid gasket, being a bit more flexible, would stand up to recoil better. No dice. After curing for a couple of hours (which may not have ...
Read More »Girsan MC1911SC Ultimate 2000 Round Challenge: Day 2
Day 2 at Blogorado was gorgeous, with a temp of 65 degrees, 15% humidity, and an elevation of 4500 feet. I started with Magtech 124 grain FMJ, listed by manufacturer with a muzzle velocity of 1109 fps. There was a failure to fire on round #35 (#185 total) when the slide did not go fully back into battery. The failures ...
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